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Is Denying Abstinence News Any Different From Denying Climate Change?
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyIt's been a bloody week in the culture wars: First came the news that abstinence-only pregnancy-prevention programs may work a lot better than we thought. (Sometimes, I say "we" were wrong just to be polite, but this isn't one of those times; only last week I was on our colleague Bonnie Erbe's PBS show flapping my jaws in favor of the mixed-message approach and insisting that abstinence-only wasn't getting the job done. Live and learn, though; it's not like this is a theological debate, right?) A study of 662 6th and 7th graders published earlier this week in the Archives of Pediatric & ...
Abstinence-Only Programs Delay Sexual Activity, Study Says
By David Sessions - Politics DailySex education programs that focus on encouraging children to remain abstinent can persuade a significant number to delay sexual activity, according to a landmark study published Monday, the Washington Post reports. The study could have an impact on the debate over sex education in the United States, where several opposing methods contend for funding and legitimacy.Only a third of the sixth- and seventh-graders who participated in an abstinence-only program started having sex in the next two years, the study found, while nearly half the students who attended other classes became sexually ...
Teen Pregnancy, Abortion Rise for First Time in Years
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Jan. 26) -- New figures show a reversal in the years-long trend of declining teen pregnancy in the United States. Pregnancy and abortion rates for 15-to-19-year-olds increased for the first time in more than a decade in 2006, the most recent year for which statistics are available. The numbers compiled by the Guttmacher Institute are "deeply troubling," according to Heather Boonstra, a senior public policy associate for the reproductive health research group. She linked the increase to the Bush administration's emphasis on abstinence-only sex education programs, which her organization ...
Bristol Palin Says Abstinence Doesn't Cut It
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn an interview with FOX News's Greta Van Susteren, Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin discussed her unplanned pregnancy, and the out-of-wedlock birth her son Tripp. She seems like a very loving parent and nice young woman who genuinely wants other teens to learn from her mistakes. In specific she says she has no philosophical or religious issue with teens using contraception, and realizes that abstinence isn't a "realistic" course of action for most people. Watch:Some may be surprised to hear Bristol's views on abstinence, but she's right on target. Studies ...
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