Abstinence Only

With supply-side economics and neoconservatism a very close second and third, Ill nominate the idea of abstinence-only education as the least rational political position of the last ten years. ❋ James Carville With Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza (2009)

The George W. Bush administration poured tens of millions of dollars into federal funding for abstinence-only programs, most of them religious-oriented, with little or no evidence that they worked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But do you think the main concern for the abstinence-only crowd is just strong, stable families? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The defect of abstinence-only and stigmatized abortion is that it makes the best the enemy of the good and therefore promotes the trulyawful. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What folks who are looking for abstinence-only sex-ed want is not just for unwanted pregnancy to go down but for premarital sex to go down. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This has led experts to conclude that the lessons students take from their abstinence-only education programs is a negative and/or faulty view of contraception. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I get the impression that folks on the right want to restrict abortion (and presumably restrict access to abortion across state lines), and to have abstinence-only sex-ed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, part of that may be that abstinence-only sex education appears to reduce the use of birth control without reducing the rate of sex, with predictable consequences. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The effect they found was that among urban, black sixth and seventh graders, 33.5% of abstinence-only students had sex over a two-year period compared to 48.5% in a control group. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Proponents of abstinence-only education are thrilled, but there is little evidence this money will be effective in fighting pregnancy or HIV. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If society swings the other way eventually, then abstinence-only sex-ed will be forced on everyone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It should not be interpreted as a signal that abstinence-only education works at all times and under all circumstances. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I guess I disagree with this in fundamental ways even though I generally find abstinence-only education a bit silly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama is also not pushing the abstinence-only sex ed as much as bush did … ❋ Unknown (2010)

I guess I disagree with this in fundamental ways even though I generally find abstinence-only education a bitsilly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Could the massive funding of “abstinence-only” policies and the demonization of contraceptives and sex-in-general have something to do with it ….? ❋ Unknown (2010)

[In theory], [abstinence only education] should reduce the risk of sexual activity, but in practice, it does not. "In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice; but in practice, there's always a difference." - Y. [Berra] ❋ A2boy1der (2010)

[Abstinence only]...Something most [teens] have trouble [committing] to ;) ❋ ::Sex Ed:: (2007)

[Abstinence only education] is like taking [driver's ed] and having them tell you not to [drive]. ❋ Patrick Tescher (2006)

[Abstinence only education] is a bit like "just hold it" [potty training]. -Roy [Zimmerman] ❋ Kmuto (2007)