I’ll go on the record again to say that I don’t think abstinence-only education works. I actually advocate something that I call “abstinence-preferred” education, meaning that it is okay to tell kids that the safest thing for them is to delay sex but, then to give them the information they need to protect themselves should the urges overtake them.
Now, with a report coming out of Florida, advocates for comprehensive sex education have plenty of ammunition for their arguments.
Florida currently offers abstinence-only education in schools and still has the 6th-highest pregnancy rate in the country.
But, here’s one of the most disturbing concerns about Florida teens. A recent survey showed that some believed that drinking a capful of bleach could prevent HIV/AIDS and that drinking a Mountain Dew would prevent pregnancy.
This was part of a compelling case that Florida lawmakers used to propose a bill to create a more comprehensive sex education program, one that would still teach that the only certain way to prevent pregnancy and STDs is to abstain but, would also teach about birth control and disease prevention.
I hope that this passes because ignorance could literally cost kids their lives.
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