Planned Parenthood's Newest Educational Program Meets Opposition

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Take Care Down There is an Internet education initiative provided by Planned Parenthood. The videos show different aspects of sexual relationships from Sexually Transmitted Infections, to Oral sex, to masturbation, to threesomes, to proper condom usage. The campaign covers mostly heterosexual relationships, but slightly touches upon homosexuality as well. The videos aimed at educating sexually active or pre sexually active teens has been met with some opposition and criticism.

The videos are simplistic and star 5 teens and one adult who Sean Hannity calls "creepy." The teens are experiencing different aspects of sexual activity and health, during each video the adult shows up to give important information.

The videos have been met with much criticism from parents groups and individuals across the nation.

A new campaign waged by the abortion provider is as crass as its name suggests. But it is more than that. It is an expose — in that most pithy and au courant of forms, web video — of why we get nowhere in America when we talk about sex education.

The “Take Care Down There” campaign takes shape in web videos of young people talking about threesomes and sexually transmitted diseases, because that’s all kids could ever talk about, right?

Other opposition cites that it encourages promiscuity and an anything goes type of attitude. Still others have said that it is not an effective teaching tool because it may embarrass teens attempting to watch a "Nathan Lane look alike fumbling through sex ed." The project has been hailed as a waste of potential taxpayer dollars on an either immoral or poorly presented educational supplement.

Despite the criticism many have come to the defense of the program as one more attempt to help teens understand that it is important to consider sexual safety. It has been argued that any education is better than none. The supporters of the Planned Parenthood initiative say that abstinence programs have not worked and should not be relied upon. While the videos may not jive with some parents, they do "expose" the subject.