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Monday, April 18, 2011

Journal Thirteen

Thesis:
Statistics show that the effectiveness of comprehensive sex education programs is greater than that of abstinence-only programs. Not only do such programs help students make informed decisions, but they are also more effective at promoting safe sex as well as discouraging the contraction of STD’s.

Pre-Revised:
Abstinence-only programs, programs that only teach abstinence as a form of contraception do not have success rates to match those of comprehensive sex education programs. Programs like these are missing a crucial part to their curriculum- teaching contraception if those in the program decide to have sex. The problem here lies within funding. "To get money from the federal government, programs like Best Friends [an abstinence program] cannot talk about any form of birth control other than abstinence" (Morales). Because abstinence programs can't get money from the government to help improve the health of teenagers through what they teach, teens who decide to have sex after being through an abstinence program don't know how to properly use contraception. This then results in an increase of STD's, pregnancies, and abortions.

Post-Revised:

The success of comprehensive sex education over abstinence-only education is partially related to funding. “To get money from the federal government, programs like Best Friends [an abstinence program] cannot talk about any form of birth control other than abstinence”(Morales). Best Friends provides support to those practicing abstinence, and it “is one of thousands of groups teaching boys and girls to say no” (Koch). Under the “abstinence-only” grant, recipients must teach abstinence as the only form of contraception in order to receive money from the federal government (Koch). As a result of lack of knowledge of contraception, those who have been educated through an abstinence program are more likely to become pregnant or contract an STD. “Telling kids to “just say no” leads to what public health experts call the “swept away” syndrome, in which teens know they are supposed to abstain so they don't carry condoms. Then they end up having sex in the heat of the moment, without protection” (Koch).

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