Condoms for Kids Program

(UK) For all the money and effort expended over many years on safe-sex schemes, one would think that by now society would be seeing dramatic reductions in unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Uh --- apparently not. Here's another scheme.

Boys as young as 12 will be handed 'condom cards' that allow them to collect free contraceptives without their parents knowing.

The tax-payer funded scheme let them pick up packets of condoms from football grounds, barber's shops and health centres simply by showing the plastic card.

The cards are only given to boys who have attended a safe-sex lesson.

The Government says condom cards reduce teenage pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. It also claims the scheme persuades boys to take more responsibility for contraception.

Frankly, I'm quite skeptical of the government's claims. In particular, the part about getting 12-year-olds to be responsible. Good luck with that.

Nevertheless, there is a small upside to the scheme. Since they are too young for passports and driver's licenses, pubescent boys in the UK can now be expected to show government condom cards as official identification.

Tacking lighter, if the condom card scheme doesn't work, maybe the government will require condom awareness certification along with standard school immunizations for 5-year-old boys starting kindergarten.

Heh.