The difficulty in applying this insulating approach has been the ambivalence of
society regarding sexual behavior, particularly sexual behavior among young
people. Although there generally has been positive acceptance of other health
measures designed to protect children from negative health outcomes, there has
been no such mandate for contraceptive use. For example, it is acceptable when
schools require immunizations before children can attend classes, but schools can
become battlegrounds when clinics in schools want to provide methods of protection against pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, or even when teachers
or counselors want to refer young people to health centers where such services
are available. Sometimes, even the notion of providing factual information in
school classrooms about the various kinds of birth control methods and how to
use them effectively, has met with opposition.