The breath mints were bad enough, but teen-agers don't really need each others' mouths tasting minty fresh to proceed down the road that leads to sex. It was the confetti that undermined all the good that Planned Parenthood hoped to accomplish with its Prom Survival Kit. The message of those little cut-up pieces of paper spoke louder than anything else in the box, or anything Planned Parenthood had to say about its intentions. Kids who go to prom are going to have sex because it's fun. You haven't really experienced the prom unless you've had sex.
Sex is the payoff for the dress, the tux, the limo, the dinner, the dance and the corsage.
Sex, confetti, sex, prom, sex, party, sex, fun, sex. Even parents who generally support Planned Parenthood have a right to expect a more responsible message than that.