The move comes a little over a month after condoms and cigarettes were discovered in a Class 10 student’s bag in one of the schools in Bengaluru, an incident that triggered great moral panic among teachers and parents. (2/5)

School principals and administrators praised the move, highlighting that the ban would be an effective measure to discourage minors from buying contraceptives, reported Bangalore Mirror. (3/5)

However, others pointed out how the move would only lead to greater instances of unsafe sex between minors, as opposed to completely curbing sexual activity between them. (4/5)

Read @romimacaronii 's piece on why India’s moral panic about teen sexuality is a public health crisis here: (5/5)

@TheSwaddle #Karnataka will cause (a) loss of revenue from stopping sale of contraceptives (b) STD (c) Unwanted pregnancies (d) Dangerous & cheap abortions by quacks (e) Mental health issues in teens Who’s ever been able to stop teens from doing what they want/make them do what they don’t

@TheSwaddle This tells a different story though

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@TheSwaddle It makes no sense. According to national schemes, they are supposed to be freely available in public health clinics for adolescents.

@TheSwaddle Unplanned pregnancies in Karnataka:

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@TheSwaddle Like ever trying to control horny people has worked

@TheSwaddle This thread will be a banger in 9 months or so.

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@TheSwaddle Why? They want pregnant teenagers?

@TheSwaddle 40% of them will get pregnant unless they pay 40% extra for contraband condoms

@TheSwaddle @bpchandan116 your dream state btw

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@TheSwaddle This makes no sense. To "take away" contraceptives is probably going to stigmatize it even more if it wasn't already in this country.