Mass. elementary school district will provide first graders with condoms! Not a joke!

starbright
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:37 +0000

Sensationalism at its best. The real policy is there is no age limit. So someone takes it to the extreme and points out what is ‘possible’. Oh the horror!

They are not passing out condoms. They are very most likely not advertising to young kids ‘hey if you need a free condom come on by’. It’s most simply that the policy doesn’t specify an age limit (which frankly makes sense to me- what is the point otherwise…if a kid is having sex at whatever age- I would rather they have access to a condom than not and how are we supposed to be knowing in advance what that age should/is? so if you are 12, forget it! but 13, okay you are entitled to protection). Do I personally think this is healthy for young people to be having sex? Of course not but that isn’t the issue: the issue is protecting young people who might be.