'Safe Sex' Education
Backfires In
UK
Policy Is Spreading Disease Among The
Young
By Lorraine
Fraser
Medical Correspondent
The Telegraph - UK
2-24-3
- The UK government's policy on sex education has been
blamed for a "galloping" rise in sexually transmitted diseases among
young people that threatens in turn to cause increasing rates of
infertility and cancer.
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- A leaked Parliamentary report labels the level of
sexually transmitted infections among teenagers and young adults a
"crisis". Critics claim that the report proves that the Government's
approach to sex education is a failure.
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- Nuala Scarisbrick, a trustee of the charity Life, said
that the Government's concentration on a "safe-sex" rather than "no-sex"
message - designed to cut teenage pregnancy rates - had deprived
millions of people of the information they need to protect their
health.
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- "Now we are seeing the results: more teenage
pregnancies, many ending in abortion, and more sexually transmitted
disease. Some of these infections are incurable, others can lead to
infertility and there is a proven link between early sex and cervical
cancer. But they just don't tell young people about this."
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- According to the most recent figures, the number of
people suffering from STDs declined in the 1980s and early 1990s but has
risen sharply since 1995. One in 10 women under the age of 25 is now
infected with chlamydia, which is linked with cervical cancer as well as
infertility. The figures for 2001 show that more than 22,500 people
contracted gonorrhoea, with men aged 20 to 24 and girls aged 16 to 19
most likely to become infected. Rates of syphilis have also increased,
with young women most at risk.
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- The report by the Commons select committee on health
is expected to blame the increase in STDs among women on the "ladette"
culture of female drinking and one-night stands.
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- The report, due to be published next month, follows a
furore over a programme in the South-West that encourages teachers to
discuss details of oral sex and homosexual activity with
pupils.
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