I saw
this article on the BBC news site this morning, and decided to start a thread on it.
I was wondering what your thoughts are on this debate.
Surely it'd be far better to accept that most other people have religious/moral convictions different to yours and probably do not want to abstain, no matter how much you sell the idea to them. Thus teaching all young teens about contraception and STDs will give them the necessary knowledge to look after themselves, whether they choose to act on their urges or not.
Does teaching children about contraception and STDs encourage them to go ahead and have sex, or is teaching abstinence the best policy? What's wrong with teaching both philosophies? Different approaches work for different people.