Teaching Abstinence Works!
by COREN BURCH
Filed under Education, Emotional Wellness, Family, Relationships, Society & Culture
I know many of you heard the results of the study of pre-teens who delayed the initiation of sex after an abstinence-only based program. Hopefully, more studies like this will take place and continue to cause Washington to take notice. Let’s actively persuade our politicians that this type of education is needed and that it works.
Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education
A study of middle-school students that found for the first time that abstinence-only education helped to delay their sexual initiation is already beginning to shake up the longstanding debate over how best to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
“This is a rigorous study that means we can now say that it’s possible for an abstinence-only intervention to be effective,” Dr. John B. Jemmott III, the University of Pennsylvania professor who led the study, said Tuesday, hours after results of the study were released. “That’s important, because for some populations, abstinence is the only acceptable message.”
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