Out of 22 studies 5 showed and increase in pregnancies. <clip>Four abstinence programmes and one school based sex education programme were associated with an increase in number of pregnancies among partners of young male participants There were significantly fewer pregnancies in young women who received a multifaceted programme (0.41; 0.20 to 0.83), though baseline differences in this study favoured the intervention. Conclusions: Primary prevention strategies evaluated to date do not delay the initiation of sexual intercourse, improve use of birth control among young men and women, or reduce the number of pregnancies in young women. </clip>
According to this study nothing works so we should just close our eyes and never mention sex to our kids again. Take sex-ed out of the schools while we're at it. Even handing out condoms doesn't work so it's all a big waste of money. You present this as a report on abstinence only but it's a report on sex education. Only 4 out of the 22 studies are about abstinence. Only one study, the Teen Outreach Program used 695 students in grades 9 - 12 showed success. Also keep in mind the abstinence only is an added effort not a replacement. If it fails at least we gave it a try. >From the Heritage.org link I posted: "2002 alone, the government spent $12 promoting contraception and condom use for every $1 it spent to encourage teens to abstain from sexual activity." These studies were done between 1960 and 1997. Maybe we need a newer study since we're trying newer programs. Did you mention your study was done in Canada while Bush's programs are in America? They might use different material, ya think? --- "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also presented a lot of reliable data from peer > reviewed journals > that support the idea that Abstinence simply doesn't > work. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138724 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
