USA: éducation des jeunes à la sexualité

Le gouvernement investit beaucoup plus dans les programmes « encourageant » la vie sexuelle des jeunes plutôt que la chasteté : 1$ pour les programmes  encourageant l’abstinence contre 12$ pour les programmes « classiques »d’éducation sexuelle. Une question pour les écoles catholiques.

By one estimate, for every $1 the federal government spends on abstinence education, it spends $12 on "safe sex" and contraceptive programs. 
"While programs incorporating the latter emphasis are sometimes called 'comprehensive' sex education, they are more accurately described as compromised education," Cardinal Rigali wrote. 
He continued: "The abstinence message is mentioned, but then undermined with the false message that premature sexual experimentation does no real harm if steps are taken to avoid pregnancy. 
"Obviously, if that 'comprehensive' or internally divided approach becomes the norm for all such education, the result will not be to expand diversity and pluralism in this field but to eliminate it. 
"Catholic schools and other organizations truly dedicated to the message of personal responsibility and abstinence before marriage will be unable to participate in government programs." 
Cardinal Rigali concluded, "America's young people would be the real victims of this misguided approach." www.zenit.org 20070510