Originally posted by Jones, Nikka
The answer would be to improve the laws dealing with education.

I was actually hoping someone would bring that up.

It raises two important questions that should go along with this thread very well:

1. Should there be a mandatory system of sexual education in place to teach children the pros and cons of having sex?

2. Should there also be a mandatory education on pregnancy and its challenges taught to school-age kids?


I would think, and this is just my opinion, that if we educated ten and eleven year olds about the risks of underage sex, unsafe sex, STDs, etc. that when they started having sex (assuming they aren't already), they would be able to make more informed and educated decisions about it.

It seems to me that all the religious and moral organizations that keep sex education out of schools are doing is promoting ignorance and youth pregnancies. I see nothing wrong, for instance, with passing out condoms in high school. Pass out a safe-sedx pamphlet with them. If the kids are going to have sex, and they are, then let's at least try to make sure they're doing it safely.