Children Do Not Need Condoms: Tell NICE to Stop Sexualising Our Children
Petition from CitizenGo:
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have recently released new guidelines – Sexually Transmitted Infections: condom distribution scheme. As part of this scheme, NICE are recommending increased availability of condoms to children as young as 13.
There already exist condom distribution schemes through which children can get free condoms without parental consent. As if this were not bad enough, NICE are now recommending even greater access to condoms as a way to prevent further spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI)
This method for reducing the spread of STIs is extremely questionable as latest Government reports show STI rates continuing to increase with “[t]he largest proportional increases in diagnoses between 2014 and 2015 [being] reported for syphilis (20%) and gonorrhoea (11%).” In other words, this approach has been tried and it’s not working.
More importantly however, NICE are encouraging children to break the law, they are undermining parental authority and they are encouraging the sexualisation of children with its many known adverse side effects. (see here and here)
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