Does abstinence education work as well as sex education in preventing teenage pregnancy?
No, and it’s prevention of STDs and HIV are even worse. “During President Bush’s tenure as governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000, for instance, with abstinence-only programs in place, the state ranked last in the nation in the decline of teen birth rates among 15- to 17-year-old females.” http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/interference/abstinenceonly-education.html “A long-awaited national study has concluded that abstinence-only sex education, a cornerstone of the Bush administration’s social agenda, does not keep teenagers from having sex. Neither does it increase or decrease the likelihood that if they do have sex, they will use a condom.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041301003.html “Abstinence-only sex education programs are not effective at reducing the risk of HIV transmission in developed countries, according to a study published in the Aug. 4 issue of the British Medical Journal” http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/79661.php “
