hey king george and court just keep on funding abstinance programs

AND making excuses why when it's pointed out abstinance teaching does NOT work, the data is flawed (yeah, right)


even a study by congress finds ABSTINANCE PROGRAMS DO NOT WORK. while i think absinance should be taught along side every thing else (LIKE SAFE SEX AND BIRTH CONTROL), i knew it didn't work and i didn't need a study by a bunch of researchers

our children (and MANY adults) really do need to learn about safer sex practices. you don't like abortions? (well then don't have one AND teach others how NOT to get pregnant. oh by the way i don't 'like' abortions either. i DO think they should remain SAFE AND LEGAL though).

Study: Abstinence classes don't stop sex

By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Students who took part in sexual abstinence programs were just as likely to have sex as those who did not, according to a study ordered by Congress.
Also, those who attended one of the four abstinence classes that were reviewed reported having similar numbers of sexual partners as those who did not attend the classes. And they first had sex at about the same age as other students — 14.9 years, according to Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
The federal government now spends about $176 million annually on abstinence-until-marriage education. Critics have repeatedly said they don't believe the programs are working, and the study will give them reinforcement..............


and

Burying Release of Abstinence Only Report on Friday the 13th Seems Fitting

By Scott Swenson on Friday, April 13, 2007.

The news for the Bush Adminstration's abstinence-only policies just seems to be getting worse, some might liken it to a swiftly sinking boat or ship.
So a burial at sea is appropriate, and by releasing the latest federal report on abstinence-only, Impacts for Title V. Section 510, Abstinence Education Programs: Final Report, from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. late on a Friday, that is exactly what the Bushies are doing.
“After 10 years and $1.5 billion in public funds these failed abstinence-only-until-marriage programs will go down as an ideological boondoggle of historic proportions,” said James Wagoner, President of Advocates for Youth.
“The tragedy is not simply the waste of taxpayer dollars, it is the damage done to the young people who have been on the receiving end of distorted, inaccurate information about condoms and birth control. We have been promoting ignorance in the era of AIDS, and that’s not just bad public health policy, its bad ethics”................