Allowing the distribution of condoms in public schools has generated much controversy over the years. Many people are aware of safe sex practices, but many unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases still exist. Some schools in the United States have managed to have students receive condoms at school. In addition to other alternatives, such condom distribution programs should be permitted or encouraged in public schools to help reduce teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Many questions and concerns have arisen regarding this promotion of condom distribution in public schools. Will this reduce teen pregnancy rates? Will condoms reduce sexually transmitted diseases? Will distributing condoms in public schools make students more sexually responsible? Who will finance these interventions? Some people believe that teaching abstinence to children and adolescents is the best way to minimize pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Birth control is an alternative used to prevent pregnancy, not necessarily sexually transmitted diseases, and using condoms is always a way to protect against illness and unwanted pregnancy. With these different alternatives and many parents feeling like the program goes against their beliefs and values ​​as a parent/guardian, implementing the program is a legitimate way to reduce the new pregnancy trend and sexually transmitted diseases. For many people, sex before marriage is a sin. In the Bible, people are instructed to abstain from sexual immorality. If such condom distribution programs were allowed in schools, devout believers in God say it goes strictly against what the Bible says. There was an article written by Linda Villarosa, from the New York Times, in the middle of a newspaper...teen pregnancy rates have declined thanks to a combination of less sex and more contraception, " said Sarah Brown, director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington. “So both sides are doing their part” Works Cited Kirby, Douglas “Education programs. on Abstinence, Sex, and STDs/HIV for Adolescents: Their Impact on Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases." Annual Review of Sexual Research 18 (2007): 143-177. OmniFile Full Text Mega (HW Wilson). Internet. April 1, 2013. O'Leary, Ann. Beyond Condoms: Alternative Approaches to HIV Prevention. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub. . February 20, 2013. Villarosa, Linda. “More and more teenagers are saying no to sex and experts aren’t sure why.” New York Times December 23, 2003, late edition (East Coast): Section F. New York Times. Internet. March 26 2013.