Abstinence Only Doesn’t Work. In Other News, Water Is Wet.

5:54 pm EST November 7th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Once again data shows us what smart people already knew.

Programs that focus exclusively on abstinence have not been shown to affect teenager sexual behavior, although they are eligible for tens of mil lions of dollars in federal grants, according to a study released by a nonpartisan group that seeks to reduce teen pregnancies.

“At present there does not exist any strong evidence that any abstinence program delays the initiation of sex, hastens the return to abstinence or reduces the number of sexual partners” among teenagers, the study concluded.

The report, which was based on a review of research into teenager sexual behavior, was being released Wednesday by the nonpartisan National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

The study found that while abstinence-only efforts appear to have little positive impact, more comprehensive sex education programs were having “positive outcomes” including teenagers “delaying the initiation of sex, reducing the frequency of sex, reducing the number of sexual partners and increasing condom or contraceptive use.”

“Two-thirds of the 48 comprehensive programs that supported both abstinence and the use of condoms and contraceptives for sexually active teens had positive behavior effect,” said the report.

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6 Responses to “Abstinence Only Doesn’t Work. In Other News, Water Is Wet.”

  1. Iggy says:
    November 7, 2007 at 8:31 pm

    Duh.

    When YOU were a teenager, did YOU make that decision on the basis of what some teacher told you?

  2. fredfarkle says:
    November 7, 2007 at 10:12 pm

    No Oliver had that decision made for him by the girls!

  3. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    November 7, 2007 at 11:24 pm

    “No Oliver had that decision made for him by the girls!”

    A personal attack instead of defending a failed conservative program. Why am I not surprised?

  4. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    November 8, 2007 at 9:38 am

    And given his response in the Christian Cross is Iraq thread, this adds a powerful level of hypocrisy as well.

    Well done, fredfarkle. Well done.

  5. (: Tom :) says:
    November 8, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    fredfarkle said:

    You guys never respond,except with attacks against anything BUT the subject at hand. I expect it. And there is a whole cadre (well all twenty of them) that read this and can see quite clearly whose point is made, unrebutted.

    and also said:

    fredfarkle said:

    No Oliver had that decision [to be abstinent from teh secks] made for him by the girls!

    and the vacuous melon precariously perched atop his shoulders didn’t spontaneously explode from the cognitive dissonance!

    Smarter Reich wing ditto monkeys, please…

  6. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    November 8, 2007 at 3:58 pm

    “Smarter Reich wing ditto monkeys, please…”

    I’d settle for quieter ditto monkeys.