January 30, 2010 1:21 PM
Planned Parenthod pushes children's "sexual rights"
New IPPF Document Pushes Adolescent "Sexual Rights"
January 28, 2010
By Samantha SingsonIn its new report "Stand and Deliver," the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is demanding that governments, religious institutions and society at large provide "comprehensive sexuality education" for children as young as ten years old.
In a foreword, Bert Koenders of the Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, which helped fund the publication, asserts that, "Young people have the right to be fully informed about sexuality and to have access to contraceptives and other services. These rights are enshrined in various internationally agreed human rights convention and treaties, but - unfortunately - they are still not universally respected."
According to IPPF, as "young people are sexual beings," it should be self-evident that "sexuality education promotes individual well-being and the advancement of broader societal and public health goals." IPPF argues that "comprehensive sexuality education" must be mandatory in school, and governments must also ensure that this education is delivered to those young people who are out of school.
IPPF claims that "With young people as partners, today's adult decision-makers have the chance to recast sex and sexuality as a positive force for change and development, as a source of pleasure, an embodiment of human rights and an expression of self."
IPPF contends that comprehensive sexuality education is necessary to encourage young people's "self-esteem, thoughtful decision-making and negotiation skills and it helps them to develop satisfying and pleasurable sexual lives." Moreover, IPPF expounds that the "power" of comprehensive sexuality education "to challenge traditional gender roles" must not be underestimated.
The IPPF report stresses granting young people "unconstrained" access to sexuality education and services, "free from administrative restrictions and obstacles," like requiring health providers to obtain parental or spousal permission before providing contraceptives. IPPF demands that young people be able to "obtain the services they need and want, unconstrained by psychological, attitudinal, cultural or social factors."
IPPF targets religion and religious groups as one of the main barriers to adolescent access to sexuality education and sexual and reproductive "services." IPPF criticizes that many religious teachings "deny the pleasurable and positive aspects of sex and limited guidelines for sexual education often focus on abstinence before marriage," which IPPF claims has been ineffective in many settings.
Read more at C-Fam, the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institution.
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Comments
No, young people are not sexual beings. They are children. In fact, it is illegal for said children to be "sexual beings" but perhaps PP has forgotten this small point. I'm sure they'd be happy if we scrapped all of our laws governing the sexual behavior of minors and just threw some condoms at kids the second they enter junior high.
I read a parenting section at planned parenthood once that was designed to make parenting seem like too hard a task so that you would choose to kill your child instead. One of the "criteria" for being a good parent, according to PP, was to recognize that your child is a sexual being. No, my children are not sexual beings. They will become sexual beings. Right now they are children who should have no thoughts in their minds about sex.
Posted by: Lauren | January 30, 2010 2:02 PM
that makes me sick to even read this!!! ugh!
Posted by: Jo Shabo | January 30, 2010 3:20 PM
What a load! I dare anyone to give me ANY positive outcome of teens having sex. Physical, emotional, spiritual... guess what- they CAN'T!
Posted by: Kerri | January 30, 2010 3:39 PM
Since Planned Parenthood is so interested in the sexual rights of children, maybe they should take a look at such rights as being allowed to develop without having sexual demands made on you, to be free of sexual servitude, and not to have food, clothing, medical care, and shelter determined by one's willingness to put out sexually, also the right not to have an abortion forced on you against your will.
I wonder how hard Planned Parenthood is willing to fight for these sexual rights for children?
Posted by: Ceecee | January 30, 2010 7:24 PM
My girls should have had the right to walk in the mall two years ago at Christmas without being (sexually) humiliated by the disgusting display in the window at Victoria's Secret , it apparently was Not religious overbearing parents squashing the children's natural interest ,as I watched several parents walk by with no indication it bothered them at all but most of the little children had one hand in Momma's hand and the other firmly clasped over their eyes.
Posted by: Karen. | January 31, 2010 5:04 AM
So PP wants us to "recast sex and sexuality as a positive force for change and development, as a source of pleasure, an embodiment of human rights and an expression of self."
You know what? I agree.
Sex is a wonderful gift from God, a source of pleasure, and a right--for married couples. And outside of marriage it becomes destructive, ruins lives, and tends to lead to infringements on human rights (like the right not to have sex, the right to be treated as a whole person, and the right to life). And sex can best be appreciated without the pressure to refuse its natural fruits (children).
But sex outside of marriage leads to heartbreak and psychological damage. I'm pretty sure that's been proven.
Posted by: young christian woman | February 1, 2010 11:44 AM
