People are sometimes shocked by the graphic images shown even to younger adolescents in many sex education programs. Some programs teach youth content that is inappropriate and may actually serve to encourage sexual activity.
Youth who attend comprehensive sex education classes where contraception and condoms are promoted are 15% more likely to become sexually active than those who do not receive any sex education, or those who attend abstinence education (Jemmott, 2010).
Educating youth as if they are expected to become sexually active makes it appear that sexual activity is the norm and reinforces it. Teaching youth about condoms and contraceptives has not lowered rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or pregnancies, and may in fact contribute to youth feeling that sexual activity is expected. Promoting sex as normal and expected in youth gives false assurance that as long as they use "protection" it is OK.
Condoms do not give protection against human papilloma virus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer, and can cause other complications, even in babies born to women with the virus. A large percentage of couples tested were positive for HPV, even when only one of them had one previous sex partner, with whom they used a condom.
There are many potentially serious side effects with birth control pills, such as stroke and high blood pressure (See link to The Pill Kills).
The pill usually works by preventing ovulation. When ovulation does occur another way the pill can work is to make the womb inhospitable to a newly formed human being.
Birth control pills and any form of hormonal contraception can eliminate the normal sex drive. Studies have shown that the hormones in the pill may cause women to choose less virile men.
Add to this the fact that youth are not likely to take pills consistently, making them more at risk for pregnancies, STDs, and abortion. Studies have shown that when the pills are taken for a period of years, risks for breast cancer go up. If adolescents are going to start taking the pill at a young age, their chances of having cancer will go up.
Chastity as Preparation for Life
Chastity provides positive opportunities to grow and become whole, to be able to offer one's total self to another in marriage - to live in harmony with self, those in our lives, and with God, who gifted us with our sexuality for His glory.
True Abstinence Curricula (Click on image below to view a DVD.)
“In authentic abstinence curricula, teen abstinence is presented not merely as a solution to the immediate problems of pregnancy, STD’s and emotional harm, but as a pathway leading to respect for one’s self and others, to healthier relationships, and eventually, to love and happiness in marriage.”
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