Should all High Schools in America be allowed to dispense Condoms? Why or Why not?
iM iN L0VE WiTH A REAL MAN
2007/10/10 02:07:53
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Somebody debated this topic in speech i was both for AND against it... it's a challenging one huh? what ya'll all think though?
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Sajama 2007/10/10 03:34:16
This is just another example of the government applying itself into personal issues.
School is for learning! Not for sex!
If you're responsible enough to have sex, then get a job and support your urges since self-control is not that difficult! And it's not costly either.
They have a chance not to do it with the decision!
Saying that "Well, they are going to do it anyway so..." can apply to anything! Well, they are going to cut themselves, so might as well give them the alcohol to sterialize the blade.
a cough drop or an aspirin in your pocket. I'm not sure about condoms,
though. Are we ignorant or just apathetic? As Steven Wright says, I
don't know and I don't care.
http://www.siecus.org/pubs/fa...
http://journals.democraticund...
Consequences of overpopulation
Overpopulation occurs when a population's density exceeds the capacity of the environment to supply the health requirements of an individual, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Environmentalists have long been concerned about the resources threatened by rapidly growing human populations, focusing on phenomenon such as deforestation, desertification, air pollution and global warming. But the worst-case scenario for people experiencing overpopulation, according to Lawrence Smith, president of the Population Institute, is a lack of fresh, clean water.
"If the water goes, the species goes," he said.
"That sounds kind of alarmist," Smith conceded, "considering there's water all around us, but 97 percent plus is saltwater, and the freshwater that we use to sustain ourselves is just native to 3 percent. ... So the accessibility of water, the competition for water, the availability of water is going to be a major, major threat," he said, noting world population growth estimates at more than 9 billion...
http://www.siecus.org/pubs/fa...
http://journals.democraticund...
Consequences of overpopulation
Overpopulation occurs when a population's density exceeds the capacity of the environment to supply the health requirements of an individual, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Environmentalists have long been concerned about the resources threatened by rapidly growing human populations, focusing on phenomenon such as deforestation, desertification, air pollution and global warming. But the worst-case scenario for people experiencing overpopulation, according to Lawrence Smith, president of the Population Institute, is a lack of fresh, clean water.
"If the water goes, the species goes," he said.
"That sounds kind of alarmist," Smith conceded, "considering there's water all around us, but 97 percent plus is saltwater, and the freshwater that we use to sustain ourselves is just native to 3 percent. ... So the accessibility of water, the competition for water, the availability of water is going to be a major, major threat," he said, noting world population growth estimates at more than 9 billion people by 2050.
Nine billion is an exceptional amount of people, considering the world's population only reached 1 billion in 1830, according to the Population Institute, a nonprofit organization that works to fund population and family planning programs around the world.
By 1999, world population reached 6 billion, and in the relatively short time between 2007 and 2050, there could be roughly 2.4 billion more people on Earth needing clean water, space and other natural resources from their environment in order to survive.
Governments facing overpopulation will also struggle to manage waste, said Allen. "Handling your waste and the public health consequences of not handling it well is the biggest problem that will be faced in rapidly growing urban areas in the developing world." When London, England, faced a population boom in the 1850s, for example, its infrastructure was not prepared for the excess waste, which resulted in Cholera outbreaks.
"Huge outbreaks," said Allen. "Fifty-thousand people dying over the summer. That's the kind of thing that in the developed world we no longer have problems with, but in the developing world are very, very real."
Smith said that 97 percent of world population growth between now and 2050 will occur in the developing world, where governments face serious economic and social challenges.
"I would say most of this is in sub-Saharan Africa, where by every other health indicator, they rank at the bottom," Smith said. "This growth rate is taking place despite the high levels of HIV and AIDS and [tuberculosis] and malaria."
Health care -- and the lack of it -- is also a factor in the rising populations in developing countries, according to Stan Bernstein, United Nations Population Fund senior policy adviser.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/...
Humans beings in a health care crisis due to lack of birth control and condoms to protect them worldwide ... this issue isn't just about high school ... it's an epidemic ... teach the people of the world to survive and be safe ...
Parents need to realize that teenagers are going to make their decision based on emotions that are really confusing and out of control. The best you can hope for is that they can remember to use some safety in these decisions.
I'm not saying to force condoms on all students in school, but have them available, like a dispense or something.
you for saying that.
This would cause embarrassment to prank victims , cause classroom disorder far more expelling and end up casting the taxpayers more than it could save on teenage pro-life efforts .
This is something the Parents should provide for their wannabe pro-life-ers
( For lack of a politically correct term for it ) . .
This would also incourage a lot more pro-life activities , which may offend the pro-choice group . The ACLU would end up sewing the tax payers again .