We're fighting against educators lieing to teenagers.
We need to teach BOTH abstinence AND safe sex.
Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens, Report SaysThere's nothing wrong with teaching abstinence. There is something wrong with teaching lies in order to scare people out of sex. That's called propoganda.
Many American youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only programs have been taught over the past three years that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, that half the gay male teenagers in the United States have tested positive for the AIDS virus, and that touching a person’s genitals “can result in pregnancy,” a congressional staff analysis has found.
Those and other assertions are examples of the “false, misleading, or distorted information” in the programs’ teaching materials, said the analysis, released yesterday, which reviewed the curricula of more than a dozen projects aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
We need to teach BOTH abstinence AND safe sex.