Rebuttal Article

The controversial subject that will be discussed is, should high school students receive condoms in school. The article on abc new, wrote by Robin Eisner talked about how condoms should be made available in schools for teens who are having sex. The article followed by the statement that ‘’new cases of sexually transmitted diseases in this country, 25 percent of them are in the adolescents population,’’ says Dr. David Kaplan which is the chief of adolescent medicine at the university of Colorado School of medicine in Denver. Within the article the argument that was made is, condom distribution does not increase sexual activity.

Within the article it states that studies show the availability of condoms does not increase sexual activity but it can decrease unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. I do not agree with the author because their studies are only base on teens that are having sex, what about the teens that are not sexually active, would this encourage those teens to have sex? The article written by Clive Muhenga said that giving condoms to teens is not the solution, but educating them on sex and the outcomes that sex could bring will help the teens make a better decision. Clive states the minister of health that the government’s position is to encourage reproductive health education in the high schools in order to raise awareness among the youth about the danger of sex and not to distribute condoms.

With both authors they both give reliable information base on their opinion and they also gave data from their research. Pro condoms and anti condoms in high schools have valid information, but when it comes to the decision making, only the teen will be able to make the correct chose. The teen will do what they feel they want to do regardless of what is available to them. I think that education need to be given to all teens, sexually active or not. This will give them the tools to make the smart choice, if they do decide to have sex...