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Old 03-19-2007, 10:07 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by policy chick View Post
Yes it is. Regardless of how much we insist that abstinence is the only way, there will be a percentage of the population that WILL have sex. Either we are willing to deal with this as a reality or we hide our heads in the sand.

Young adults should be offered abstinence as the best choice, but they should be educated about birth control as well.
Ooh, that brings up another point.

Who here advocates abstinence-only sex ed in schools?
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I do not.

When Mr. Bush put that in the Texas school system, the pregnancy rate went UP.