US Sex-Abstinence Classes Queried

They say the money would be better off spent on a comprehensive sex education that would include abstinence. Social conservatives have long believed that teaching adolescents about sexuality and contraception could encourage them to have sex. They would rather promote abstinence until marriage. The students in this study, which was ordered by Congress, came from a range of big cities across the United States, such as Milwaukee and Miami and from rural communities in Virginia and Mississippi. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6554743.stm Published: 2007/04/14 03:04:30 GMT

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