Word: condoms
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...Department of Health and Human Services reports that teen pregnancy rates have fallen significantly each year in the 1990s; in 1996 there were fewer teen pregnancies than at any time in two decades. Analysts at HHS attribute this decline to several factors, including decreased sexual activity, increases in condom use and the adoption of new (injectable or implant) contraceptive devices. In other words, the good news about teen pregnancy is traceable to a combination of abstinence and contraceptive education, or an inclusive curriculum. Not coincidentally, the vast majority of Americans favor inclusive sex education; according to HHS, more than...
This pedagogic sleight of hand, by the way, did not originate with religious folk. Secularists have for years been using biology instruction as a back door for inculcating their values. A sex-ed class on the proper placement of a condom is more than instruction in reproductive mechanics. It is a seminar--unacknowledged and tacit but nonetheless powerful--on permissible sexual mores...
...condom project is designed to stress not only prevention, but preparation," Sussner said. "You never know what might happen...
...added that one difficulty the condom distribution project has faced is students who hoard condoms...
Health educator Michael A. Hoyt from UHS' Center for Wellness and Health Communication said Harvard's best chance for preventing the spread of STDs lies in supporting condom distribution and informing students of the danger of the infections...