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Technorati“There so much misinformation out there about what abstinence education is,” said Valerie Huber, executive director of National Abstinence Education Association, which commissioned the Zogby poll, according to Citizen Link. “We were convinced that once parents understood the real content of abstinence education, they would overwhelmingly support abstinence.”
Democratic leaders say they will let the multi-million abstinence program, Title V, expire on June 30. Abstinence teachings in schools, however, will still occur but would be combined with comprehensive sex-ed programs that would teach about birth control and other “safe-sex” methods.
But as Craven asked, “… given the values espoused under abstinence education versus the ‘no values’ approach of ‘comprehensive’ sex education, which approach should we employ if the stated goal of both sides is to ‘reduce adolescent sexual activity and its consequence?”
Correction: Thursday, May 31, 2007:
An article on May 19, 2007, about a new report that claims the nation’s abstinence-only program is a failure incorrectly reported the expiration date for the multi-million abstinence program. The program, Title V, will expire on June 30 not June 3.
