Abstinence Only: The Policy That Will Increase Teen Pregnancy. Sarah Bradley.
by Bradley, Sarah; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 62Human Relations. Publisher: The Reporter, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): AIDS (Disease) -- education | Bush | Contraception | Educational law and legislation | Federal aid to education | Pregnancy -- Unwanted | Sex education | Sexual abstinence | Sexual ethics | Sexually transmitted diseases | Teenage pregnancy | Teenagers -- Sexual behaviorDDC classification: 050 Summary: "If we followed the advice of out nation's experts in public health, HIV/AIDS, and teen pregnancy prevention, we would join together to ensure our nation's young people learned that abstinence is the most effective way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs, also referred to as STDs); that contraceptives are a must every time they have sex and that knowing how to use them correctly is incredibly important; that masturbation is not a dirty word; and that sexuality is a healthy and natural part of life. In other words, they would receive comprehensive sex education." (THE REPORTER) The author argues that federally-funded abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs are flawed and will only serve to increase teen pregnancy.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Abstinence Only: The Policy That Will Increase Teen Pregnancy, Winter 2003; pp. 16-21.
"If we followed the advice of out nation's experts in public health, HIV/AIDS, and teen pregnancy prevention, we would join together to ensure our nation's young people learned that abstinence is the most effective way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs, also referred to as STDs); that contraceptives are a must every time they have sex and that knowing how to use them correctly is incredibly important; that masturbation is not a dirty word; and that sexuality is a healthy and natural part of life. In other words, they would receive comprehensive sex education." (THE REPORTER) The author argues that federally-funded abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs are flawed and will only serve to increase teen pregnancy.
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