http://erlc.com/ This feed provides all comments on "Abstinence Education: Let’s Do the Math." en web-master@erlc.com ℗ & © 2008 ERLC Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:14:35 CST http://erlc.com/article/abstinence-education-lets-do-the-math#comment1 http://erlc.com/article/abstinence-education-lets-do-the-math#comment1 The reality of the situation is that, yes, sex is still rampant amongst teens today; perhaps even more so than it was years ago. When you deprive students of comprehensive health education and present them with the utopia of “abstinence-only” lifestyles, you endanger the thousands, and perhaps millions, of young people who for whatever reason - religious beliefs, socioeconomic background, environmental causes, family values - do not subscribe to this way of living. In a practical world, where parents can’t be around all the time and hormones are changing, it is a much safer route to go. In a perfect world, all teens would remain virgins until they were married; but for many teens, however you spin it and sell it to them, that world just doesn’t exist. Rather than waging a morality war, we must equip them with the knowledge to protect themselves.

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