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Teaching Homophobia: Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs

Teaching Homophobia: Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs
Abstinence-only programs promote abstinence from all sexual activity until marriage. It's true that abstinence is the only 100 percent effective way to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. But many studies have shown that teaching abstinence alone is not effective. Only comprehensive, medically accurate sex education — which includes information on both abstinence and birth control — has been proven to prevent pregnancy and infections.
Many teens in abstinence-only programs are already sexually active and need information on safer sex to protect them. The abstinence-until-marriage...

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