Should schools provide condoms?

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Should schools provide condoms to their students free of charge?
Very curious how people feel about this... I know a lot of people my age and younger who have gotten pregnant and can't help but wonder if easy and free access to condoms would cut down on teen pregnancy.. 
What do you guys think? ☺️

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I am in college and they provide free condoms. I know for a fact that I would have gone at least one time without one if they did not provide the free ones. I am a broke college student and they are expensive. In high school I never bought any condoms because I was embarrassed and had no means of money since my parents did not allow me to work. If my high school provided free condoms I would not have have unprotected sex. I know that none of that is smart and girls should be on birth control if they are having sex but from a dumb high school kids point of view and a broke college kid. They should have free condoms.

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As the mother of a 16 year old boy i think schools should provide condoms. I've always told my son sex is something special and it should be saved for love but I also hear my son and his friends talk when they hang out and I know sex is a hot topic so I want him to be prepared.  My son has access to condoms and he knows when he meets that special girl I am willing to take then both to planned parenthood for additional birth control. My son is an honors student, as a junior in high school next year he will be taking classes for college credit and I don't want him to have to struggle with a unplanned baby while he's working so hard toward his future. To those looking to get preganant at a young age I wish you luck as your journey will be hard, but i want to make it as easy as possible for my son.

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Yes and I think they should also teach quality sex ed, just throwing condoms at everyone won't help much. Medically accurate Sex Ed + condoms = ?

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So much yes!! All public schools should have condoms available to students. As well as mandatory sex Ed classes that parents cannot opt out of. Abstinence is a ridiculous concept and just leads to STDs and pregnancy.

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School should educate. Not pass them out. Absolutely not. If you're grown enough to have sex you're grown enough to go buy condoms.

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I feel like a lot of teens are embarrassed to go into a store and buy them. But if you're adult enough to have sex you better be adult enough to buy condoms.

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Also, students can sign themselves out of school for confidential medical appointments to visit health clinics and planned parenthood. The school will not tell the parents.

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Yes!! When I would go for my depo shot when I was 16, they gave me a bag of condoms. Yea I was sexually active, I kept a couple then gave out the rest. I was the only one who had the 'stash', it was awkward, but at least I was helping people be safe lol.

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They should make condoms easily available but they also really need to teach these kids the dangers of STDs, I feel like they don't understand how serious sex is. They need to make these kids understand that you cannot rape people either.
When I was in school that was a huge issue. Guys would get girls drunk then rape them in the ass. My friend was very easy but 2 boys raped her when she was 17. It was a very traumatic time in our lives, boys did not take no for an answer. And no adult at that school cared about what was going on

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Most schools do have condoms available through the school social worker, nurse, or health counselor.