Two major school districts are employing “sex apps” and sites to help kids access contraception and STD testing, and share STD test results with potential partners, all while bypassing parents.
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“The question of undermining parental rights and parental authority is a serious one in relationship to this website and app,” said Peter Sprigg, a senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council. “One of the most effective ways of enhancing the health of young people would be to encourage better communication about their health between young people and their parents. This seems to undermine that, rather than advancing it.”
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“When a person is…on the verge of engaging in sexual relations, they’re probably not exercising their most rational processes, not weighing the pros and cons, not remembering what they’re taught in class,” he said. “It’s naïve and unrealistic to expect that amount of rational cost/benefit analysis on the part of those teens in that situation.” Read more.
This article appeared in School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute, June 13, 2013.
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