“Study finds abstinence-only education helps young teens”
A Los Angeles Times story on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study.
Category: Medical ethics
“Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education”
A New York Times story on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study.
“CDC Muddies the Water in its Birth Data Announcements”
A Christian Newswire story about Concerned Women for America’s criticism of federal reporting on the new birth rate data.
“Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens, Report Says”
A Washington Post story about a congressional report that found inaccuracies in some government-funded sex education programs that teach abstinence only.
The Education of Shelby Knox
Watch a documentary about 15-year-old, Southern Baptist Shelby Knox; who becomes an unlikely proponent of comprehensive sex education from Lubbock, Texas.
Grading Schools’ Abstinence Efforts
A National Public Radio report about results from the first major national study of abstinence-only education.
“Doctors denounce abstinence-only education”
Read an Associated Press story, “Doctors denounce abstinence-only education.” It’s posted by MSNBC.
“Just Don’t Do It! Are we teaching our kids way too much about sex? Or not nearly enough?”
Read a U.S. News and World Report article that asks whether schools are giving students too much – or too little – information about sexual matters. The magazine says California, Pennsylvania and, most recently, Maine have turned down federal money for abstinence-only curricula so they can teach what they believe is best.
Teen Births
The National Center for Health Statistics posts statistics about teen births.