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on Breast Cancer Screening
This seems so black and white to me. If we screen women in their 40s, the "risk" is anxiety and stress, while the "benefit" is possibly preventing death? Who would rather risk death than deal with a little added anxiety?
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on Sex Ed
I feel like many opponents of sex ed forget that at some point in our lives, almost all human beings become sexually active. Even if a teen chooses to be abstinent in high school, they will most likely become sexually active later in life. If we aren't going to teach kids in public schools the facts about how to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, when are we expecting them to learn these facts ?
Since we know that not all parents are comfortable sharing this information, and not all kids go on to get advanced degrees, it should be our responsibility as a society to provide these basic facts to teens before they go out into the world. If we hope to reduce the high rates of STDs in society now, we must be able to teach the facts!
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