Originally Posted by OKgrannie

Want to reduce the number of abortions? Tell your legislators to fund comprehensive sex ed in public schools.

Ken Schram: Facts confront fantasy in sex education | KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington | News
By Ken Schram

SEATTLE -- Some people hate it when fact confronts fantasy.

Conservatives who believe in abstinence-only sex education are all bristly over a University of Washington study that says that particular brand of sex-ed just isn't working all too well.

U-dub researchers took a national sampling of teens and found that when taught about condoms and birth control - along with abstinence - teens are half as likely to become parents as those who only get the "don't have sex" message.

How did they determine that the children who got the "don't have sex" message didn't have any awareness of birth control????

And what about the relationship with their parents of the ones who became pregnant?

Or are they putting their thumb on the scales to balance the" research" toward the conclusion they wanted in the first place!!





Rather than confront proof that abstinence only messages are not working - are indeed hurting kids - they'd rather continue to believe that imposing their moral values on teens is enough to keep kids chaste and virginal.

How does an abstinence message hurt kids??!? Please try to explain that one.

And are you seriously suggesting that parents should simply abandon attempts to impose any kind of moral values on their children, and let them do whatever they want??




Like I said, some people really hate it when fact confronts fantasy.