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MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Opening the airwaves to discussion, a local radio station refuses to shy away from controversy.

This week's entertainment news about the pregnancy of 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears sparked a safe sex giveaway and plenty of discussion, WESH 2 News reported.

Radio Station KISS 95.1 invited everyone to its Melbourne studio to pick up condoms by the handful and by the box, advertised as a way to prevent teen pregnancy.
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"We're still being scared and not being proactive and telling our kids, 'Hey, you know what, I don't want you to have sex, but if you're going to have sex, use a condom," Mike Klein with WBVD radio said.

To many, a condom giveaway doesn’t solve the problem -- it is the problem.

"You're telling teenagers that a condom is your savior," Charles Ford Walker of Apostolic Ministries of America said.

Walker teaches abstinence to teens and said condoms give teenagers an excuse to have premarital sex.

"It takes care of everything, it takes care of you getting pregnant, it takes care of you getting an STD, so go right ahead," Walker said.

At the radio station, Project Response and AIDS prevention and service agency joined in the giveaway.

"Unfortunate fact is that a lot of teenagers are not choosing abstinence so for those kids we need to be talking about other methods of prevention like condom use," April Perkins with Project Response said.

One statistic agreed upon by many is that after several years of remaining steady, the rate of reported teen pregnancy is on the rise.

There was a lot more discussion than there were takers, but radio station executives said discussion is what it was all about.

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As if teens in a hormone-rage needed an excuse...

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... quite tricky.

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I've never, never understood this issue. Most teens I know are aware of condoms and sex. Hiding them or limiting access to condoms isn;t the issue. The issues - I think - are that parents need to communicate openly with their kids about sex and its repercussions.

My mom was very open with me...and when I decided to start having sex (at 13) I had absolutely no issues walking into the drug store and buying my own condoms, thank you.

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The headquarters for one of the most vocal/active pro-life groups is in Melbourne.

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Now HERE is a conversation.

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I think it just died.

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That can happen when there are too few participants.

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Lack of participants isn't the problem. Reasonable people will discuss things in a rational manner. I've noticed that at the extreme ends there can be no discussion, only a belief that there's only room for one point of view.

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Yessir!

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9504871/

"Recent surveys show that 70 percent of U.S. teens have engaged in oral sex by the time they reach 18, and more than 45 percent have had intercourse at least once. More than 70 percent of young women and 80 percent of young men approve of premarital sex, according to a study published recently in the Review of General Psychology."

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Is access to prophylactics limited?

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Not in the US, although I think that in some countries it is. I've had the impression - based on my travels - that they're more limited in countries like India and China. There are also social pressures in many of these countries that prevent people from accessing condoms even if there is availability.

I had a friend that started an "online condom business" which sold many different varieties and makes, and much of the business he did was outside of the US. I think it was cultural norms rather than availability constraints in most countries - but I would guess that if you're in Iran you might have some issues obtaining condoms if you are a woman (note that I have never been to Iran so this is a guess).

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