They're going to do it anyway. Might as well provide condoms, at least in the family life or biology rooms right?

With as much as this country gives away for free it really bothers me that condoms aren't given away everywhere.

I definitely believe we should provide teens with condoms! They are going to have sex if they want to, regardless of what they have been told growing up or their sexual education. They might as well be protected!

absolutely i had a bf in high school whose mom bought them a box of condoms just so she could scream at him or his brother when one went missing

Teenagers are going to have sex, so provide a way for them to be safe about it.

They should either be incredibly cheap (like 50 cents for 10) or have some sort of way to keep track. I just graduate from high school and people would be taking so many of them that they don't need just because they could. High schoolers are really immature an they have the right to access for their safety, they are still kids . And kids love free stuff. Keep a list every month only seen by the nurse, and then destroy it at the end of the month

Yes they should be available to them without question. Plus educate them on it. Teach them both absent AND safe sex. Teach them that they don't have to have sex or anything just because of peer pressure but if they want to because THEY want to for themselves teach how to protect themselves. Teach them that sex isn't something to be scared of but it can quickly become scary if you're not safe.

Yeah. Teenagers don't think rationally. Lack of protection isn't going to stop them. And god knows they're not ready to be parents.

Teenagers will have sex when they want to, no matter what. It's better to make it easy for them to get their hands on condoms and such, rather than being so naive as to think that if they don't have condoms, they won't have sex.

Definitely. It confuses me when people don't think so. It's a no brainer to me.

Yes, but sexual education should go along with them.

Absolutely. When I was in school my mom was working as a youth counselor and 9 out of 10 of her female clients were pregnant

yes yes yes

I said no for the simple fact that a parent would get pissed. You can go to your local health clinic in most places an get them for free. I know at the local health dept where I would get my birth control they had them out in baskets on the counter you could walk up an grab what you needed. If you didn't want others knowing you had them when you walked out they would give you a brown paper bag.

Yes

Yes it should be easily available for teens to get condoms. Most teens are embarassed to buy them at the store. and will most likely use it if it is more easily acesseable

Count me in the sensible majority (at least here at EF ): yes!

Yes

Absolutely! I mean, they're a lot cheaper than... babies having babies, you know.

Considering how many teen pregnancies there are these day s and broken homes or homes where both parents work and aren't always home with their children to provide them with the condoms i believe the school should provide them. Some kids are just too embarrassed to talk about it to their parent or don't have a parent to talk to about their sex lives.

Yes, they should give them out!! I bought them for my son when he was 16. He never used them and we threw them out on his 17th birthday and I got him new ones that he then dispersed to his friends. I have bought them for several of his friends when he was a teenager because they were too embarrassed to go buy them. I would rather have the kids alive and safe!!

I think they should have dispensers in the bathrooms, like they do with feminine hygiene products.

- Free dispensers - some high schools kids will grab dozens and play pranks, because hey, free stuff! And that will leave them empty for the kids who have decided that they are going to need them.

- Handing them out in class - possibly a good idea with a note, but one girl in my high school had to go into hiding because a freak ice storm left her stranded at another person's house overnight. Her father swore to kill her to avenge the family honor. If she had brought a condom home from school, she probably would have been murdered right then and there. Obviously extreme example, but even with the note, that could spark some really ugly family fights. Plus the whole 'It's my right to teach my child sexual mores, not the schools', which it is, and the school giving a child a condom is assuming that the child is going to use it to have sex.

- Free in the nurses office - better than free in the bathroom, because fewer kids just being immature will swagger in and stuff their pockets right in front of the school nurse. But a deterrent for the shy kids... who then may also ask why they have to pay for condoms in the bathroom while the brasher kids can get theirs for free.