Outrage over free condoms by text
Parents are outraged at an Austrailian health organization who have created a campaign for teenagers to “TXT 4 free condomz”
KIDS old enough to use mobile phones are being offered free condoms.
Hundreds of school students have already received free condoms within four days of texting the service set up to coincide with end-of-school celebrations.
Parents are furious at a health organisation’s “text-ed” campaign, which they say is encouraging under-age sex.
Just one week into its “TXT 4 free condomz” drive, Marie Stopes International has received 400 messages.
Describing condoms as the must-have school formal accessory, Marie Stopes say they are aiming to curtail rising rates of sexually transmitted infections.
Students who SMS their name and address to the number will receive two free condoms sent to their homes “in a discreet plain envelope”.
Children are not required to enter their age in the SMS, so there is no way to know if condoms are going out to children younger than 12.
Well I agree that if they’re going to kids younger than 12 that may be a bit of a problem, but if teens are having sex, at least this encourages them to get condoms.
