Catholic spokesman: Scottish government’s plan for sex clinics in schools is ‘pouring petrol on a fire’
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Oct 7, 2009 / 12:56 am (CNA).- A spokesman for the Catholic Church has compared a Scottish government plan to set up sex clinics in all secondary schools to “pouring petrol on a fire.”

The government’s report, titled “Do the Right Thing,” plans to create clinics that will offer school pupils free condoms and pregnancy tests. Government ministers hope the clinics will curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and stop teen pregnancies, the Daily Record reports.

The clinics will be open to students under the age of 16. Parents will be notified only if the nurses who run the clinics think they are being abused or exploited.

A government spokeswoman said it was “vital” that young people’s services be available “when and where they require them.” She told the Daily Record that services will be provided in all schools that can do so. Where schools cannot provide clinics, an alternative will be provided within 20 minutes’ walking distance.

Peter Kearney, a spokesman for the Catholic Church warned that sexually transmitted infections, teen pregnancies and abortions have “exploded” as these services have expanded.

“This approach is tantamount to pouring petrol on a fire,” he commented, according to the Daily Record.

Catholic schools will be allowed to opt out of the scheme.

Scottish Tory deputy leader Murdo Fraser said sex education must be done in “a moral context” to ensure educators are not “stimulating an interest which might not otherwise be there.”

Scotland has some of the highest levels of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in Europe. In recent years there have been 8.1 pregnancies per 1,000 under the age of 16 and more than 60 children under 15 diagnosed with Chlamydia.

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Published by: Brandy
Lewisville, TX USA 10/07/2009 04:41 PM EST
Why is it that no one disputes the wisdom of teaching children to "Just say NO!" to drugs and underage drinking - but do the equivalent of setting up legalized drug clinics and teaching children how to use drugs "safely" when it comes to sex??
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Published by: John
England 10/07/2009 11:25 AM EST
In the world of modern liberalism, common sense struggles for air.
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Published by: kathy
Chicago 10/07/2009 06:36 AM EST
How in the world do these clinics STOP the spread of STDs and pregnancy?? My goodness. When will adults get a clue where this topic is concerned? How about injecting some reality into the situtation? Pain, sorrow, regret, broken hearts? Someone needs to talk honestly to these kids about the true consequences of their actions. Not facilitate the behavior. Shame!!
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Published by: Jerzy Gawor
England 10/07/2009 05:58 AM EST
Has government learnt nothing from over 40 years of failed sex-ed policies? Can they not read the statistics and understand the plain simple facts? With STD and teenage pregnancy rates in the UK leading the western world, do they not see that these policies are morally bankrupt and simply continue the cycle of misery for thousands of people especially our youngsters who are being sold down the swanny and written off as no better than 'animals who simply have no control over their bodily passions'. This is wrong, wrong, wrong!!! More sex-ed programmes based on the mechanics of the sex act with no mention of its unitive and procreative nature, love, fidelity, purity, chastity, marriage, children, dignity, responsibility etc... will just make the situation worse, 'Pouring petrol on the fire' is absolutely spot on as Peter Kearney has stated. More sex clinics = more condoms = more promiscuous behaviour = more STD's = more teenage pregnancies = more abortions = more physically and psychologically scarred youngsters = less chance of our children settling into happy married life when they are older = fewer normal families the bedrock of society = chaos! The Catholic Church has the answers but no-one is listening.
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