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Summary:
Children should be taught about infertility as well as avoiding pregnancy. One in seven people in our modern world will have to cope with infertility. This is what the new head of Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority tells us. Right now few young people realise the difficulties they could face in trying for a family. Right now figures show that 32,000 women a year get fertility treatment and 11,000 of these treatments lead up to a full pregnancies. Studies show that female obesity lowers your chance to get pregnant. This will be the biggest problem. Some experts even believe that one in five couples will seek fertility treatment in the future because of it. Most people do not know much about infertility and that is why people should be educated on this subject.
Opinion:
Teaching children about infertility is a great idea. There are a lot of people who have to face this problem and I really believe that there are not many people who know much about it. Most people don’t think about these sorts of problems. They all think that they should be able to have children. But with the number of people with people with obesity rising, more people will have fertility problems. But teaching children about infertility is not enough. Children also should know more about obesity and all the risks it brings with it. Infertility is not the only problem someone with obesity could have. There are also other risks like diabetes and heart disease.
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Hi Diana, coincidentally I also made a blog on this subject. I agree with you but I must say that since so many people are experiencing problems with conceiving, a teenage pregnancy might just be the only chance of getting pregnant at all. Of course a teenage pregnancy can ruin your life. On the other hand, so can infertility...
I agree, if obesity is the cause then why don't they start educating children about that first instead of talking about (in)fertility?! For sure, infertility has to be mentioned in sex education, after all, it is part of the human life circle, but I think it's more important to teach those children about how to get healthy lifestyle including the 'need' for safe sex.
I do not agree, infertility is something you should know but it is more important to use the few lessons for sexuality to influence their actual sexual behaviour (sex, pregnancy, anticonception, illness).
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