NC abstinence group: condoms don’t work

Shocking, I know.

A report from NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina says inaccuracies occur in both Sex Respect and Me, My World, My Future, which are used in the county’s “abstinence only” family life program taken by some middle school students.
Sex Respect, used by eighth-graders in New Hanover County, questions the protection that condoms provide against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, stating: “There is not a lot of proof that condoms really work. Would you trust your life to one?”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that condoms are highly effective against HIV when used consistently and correctly.

But the truth, of course, has no place in school. Check out this analysis of the Sex Respect curriculum from SIECUS, it’s scary stuff.
Like this gem: “A young man’s natural desire for sex is already strong due to testosterone, the powerful male growth hormone. Females are becoming culturally conditioned to fantasize about sex as well.� (Cause lord knows we wouldn’t think about sex naturally. Ick.)
Another peeve? Jere Royall of the North Carolina Family Policy Council says, “If you get into ‘let us show you how to use contraceptives,’ then you’re sending a mixed message to young people…With drugs and alcohol we encourage them to make wise and healthy choices. We don’t turn around and say, ‘If you are going to do these things, this is how to do it.’â€?
Of course we don’t. Because drugs and alcohol are pretty much bad for you no matter what—there ain’t no coke condom. It just kills me when people liken teen drug or alcohol use to sexual activity—shouldn’t we be teaching kids that sex is a wonderful thing rather than something akin to heroin use?