![WHY NOT USE BIRTH CONTROL?
"Eight years ago [in 2001], the Alan Guttmacher
Institute surveyed over 10,000 American women who
had abortions. Nearly half said they hadn’t used birth
control in the month they conceived. When asked
why not, 8 percent cited financial problems, and 2
percent said they didn’t know where to get it. By
comparison, 28 percent said they had thought they
wouldn’t get pregnant, 26 percent said they hadn’t
expected to have sex and 23 percent said they had
never thought about using birth control, had never
gotten around to it or had stopped using it. Ten
percent said their partners had objected to it. Three
percent said they had thought it would make sex less
fun.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sexeducation-141112130549-conversion-gate02/85/To-Be-a-Parent-It-Is-For-the-Committed-3-320.jpg)
To Be a Parent: It Is For the Committed
- 1. SEX EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS Mr. Richard Geib and Dan Fitz-Patrick FTHS Gov Econ November 12, 2014
- 2. LECTURE OUTLINE 1. STDS and teen pregnancy 2. Full approach 3. Medium way 4. Abstinence 5. The missing question?
- 3. WHY NOT USE BIRTH CONTROL? "Eight years ago [in 2001], the Alan Guttmacher Institute surveyed over 10,000 American women who had abortions. Nearly half said they hadn’t used birth control in the month they conceived. When asked why not, 8 percent cited financial problems, and 2 percent said they didn’t know where to get it. By comparison, 28 percent said they had thought they wouldn’t get pregnant, 26 percent said they hadn’t expected to have sex and 23 percent said they had never thought about using birth control, had never gotten around to it or had stopped using it. Ten percent said their partners had objected to it. Three percent said they had thought it would make sex less fun.”
- 4. TEEN PREGNANCY OUTCOMES: Nearly a third of all teen pregnancies end in abortion:
- 5. CONCLUSION: “This isn’t a shortage of pills or condoms. It’s a shortage of cultural and personal responsibility. It’s a failure to teach, understand, admit or care that unprotected sex can lead to the creation — and the subsequent killing, through abortion — of a developing human being." by William Saletan
- 6. OOOPS! WHAT HAPPENED? 50% of all pregnancies are unplanned! Most mothers sort of stumble into motherhood! Fifty years after introduction of birth control pill, about half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended and 22% of 82% of teen pregnancies unplanned! pregnancies end in abortion.!
- 7. TEEN SEX: INNOCENCE LOST! How to delve into this delicate, adult territory… How does this work in America of today?
- 8. TEEN PREGNANCY IN AMERICA • High for industrialized world – Some 1 million American teenagers get pregnant each year! • Different for various classes and ethnicities • Hampered future – Huge responsibility! “It's really, really hard. I've got to get up with him during the night, then get up early for school. My mother watches the baby during the day. But in the evening, I've got to do my homework, feed him, give him a bath, get him to sleep and get myself ready for the next day.”
- 9. RECENT PREGNANCY TRENDS: • Beginning to rise again!
- 10. RECENT PREGNANCY TRENDS: • Locally here in Ventura and California!
- 11. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS • 2008 study shows that 1 in 4 American teen girls has an STD! – HPV virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in girls age 14 to 19. "Those numbers are certainly alarming," said sex education expert Nora Gelperin, who works with a teen-written Web site called sexetc.org. She said they reflect "the sad state of sex education in our country.“ "Sexuality is still a very taboo subject in our society," she said. "Teens tell us that they can't make decisions in the dark and that adults aren't properly preparing them to make responsible decisions."
- 12. FULL SEX EDUCATION • A political decision made by school districts – Birth control explained, demonstrated, and distributed to students • Relatively rare, politically delicate decision – In giving information, is the school condoning premarital sex among teens? • Is this instruction the role of parents, not schools? – Sexuality and love a private family matter that speaks to very personal ethics, often religious • It is not the business of teachers and schools!
- 13. FULL SEX EDUCATION Instruction in how to use birth control and distribution of contraceptives.
- 14. CONFLICTING VALUES AND OPINIONS! A DELICATE POLITICAL QUESTION: Encouraging “sin” and premarital sex? Or merely acknowledging reality and giving teens tools to keep themselves safe?
- 15. “SEX EDUCATION IS BIRTH CONTROL!” FACT: Countries with more access to birth control for teens and greater openness with regards to sex have lower pregnancy and STD rates.
- 16. THE MIDDLE GROUND • Information about pregnancy and STDS given. – Narrowly proscribed curriculum – No birth control distributed in the schools – Avoidance of questions of love or relationships • This is what Ventura Unified does – Nurse Mary! – The facts, and then question and answer session – What she does not do….
- 17. “ABSTINENCE ONLY” • Religious background – Importance of keeping sexual activity between married man and woman – Degradation of sacred sexuality by consumerism and entertainment • “Virginity pledge,” “Purity ball,” “Silver Ring Thing,” etc “True love waits!”
- 18. SCARE TACTICS! Gonorrhea is otherwise known as “the clap” or “the drip”…
- 19. SCARE TACTICS! “You will get pregnant, STD, etc. etc – so just don’t do it!”
- 20. STD REALITY: Rates are going up in recent years!
- 22. SEX IN MARRIAGE; LOVE, NOT LUST! Imposition of religious/philosophical position on those who do not share it?
- 23. …June 16, 2008 letter to the Ventura County Star
- 24. THE MISSING QUESTION HERE? What about LOVE, the SPIRIT, in sex and young adults just learning about INTIMACY? Is Romeo and Juliet the closest we come at FTHS to talking what about what is so often on the minds of teens? Why is this?
- 25. ONE FINAL QUESTION… … isn’t this the job of parents?