Is it possible that the $113 million a year the Bush
administration spends to finance abstinence-only sex ed. might
be better spent elsewhere? It’s a shocker, I know, but
a recent study in the
Journal of Adolescent Health revealed that abstinence-only sex education does
not stop teens from having sex: in fact, those who receive comprehensive
education are 50 percent less likely to become pregnant than those who go
through an abstinence-only program and are 60 percent less likely to become
pregnant than those who receive no sex ed. Coming in the wake of a study that
revealed that one in four teenage girls has an STI, these findings have
refueled the sex ed. debate in Washington, with 76 Democratic lawmakers urging
the White House to stop funding abstinence-only programs.
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