news & religious 27 Apr 2008 08:42 am
Experts say US sex abstinence program doesn’t work
Programs teaching U.S. schoolchildren to abstain from sex have not cut teen pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases or delayed the age at which sex begins, health groups told Congress on Wednesday.
The Bush administration, however, voiced continuing support for such programs during a hearing before a House of Representatives panel even as many Democrats called for cutting off federal money for so-called abstinence-only instruction.
Read more: Experts say US sex abstinence program doesn’t work | Reuters
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