..Party Platform and Key Speakers Endorse Failed Abstinence-Only Programs;

[Nambe]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/

Advocates for Youth: Republican National Convention Abstains from the Facts; Party Platform and Key Speakers Endorse Failed Abstinence-Only Programs

The Republican Party yesterday endorsed increased funding for abstinence-only-until- marriage programs in its platform, despite growing evidence that these programs fail to help teens delay sex or protect themselves from pregnancy and disease. As convention speakers turn today to discussion of domestic policy, former Miss America (news - web sites) Erika Herald - an outspoken advocate of these efforts - may echo the Party's insistence on promoting an unproven approach to sex ed which censors information about the health benefits of condoms and other contraceptives. ..

"When it comes to sex education, the Republican Party has decided to abstain from the facts," said James Wagoner, President of Advocates for Youth. "Decades of peer-reviewed research show that teaching about both abstinence and contraception is the most effective way to protect young people. Comprehensive sex ed programs are proven to delay the onset of sexual activity, reduce the frequency of sexual activity, reduce the number of sexual partners, and increase condom and contraceptive use. At the same time, these programs do not encourage teens to become sexually active."

In short, responsible sex ed programs work! That's why our nation's most trusted medical and scientific institutions - including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Adolescent Medicine, and the Institute of Medicine - all recommend that sexuality education include age-appropriate and medically accurate information about abstinence and contraception.


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[Tempest]

1. Link doesn't work

n/t

[havocmom]

2. abstinence doesn't either

:evilgrin:

The Cheap Labor Party wants to ensure the birthrate goes up so there are lots of desperate people willing to work for peanuts

[Nambe]

4. Link Fixed....Sorry.

I'll try to refind the Yahoo page for rating.

[readmylips]

3. Hope the virgin bush twins respect that. order....

or bush's god will strike them silly....

[2Design]

5. I was just thinking with the drunken escapades.....getting pregnant

could be part of it...

[kwolf68]

6. Not going here

Both are a bad idea.

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7. The Bush administration has poured hundreds of million into abstinence

It's part of the faith-based initiative. While Bush and Tommy Thompson claim to have spent millions improving access to health care, the truth is that much of that money went straight to churches promoting abstinence-only programs.

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8. This pisses me off to the bending end.