Abstinence Ed not working

Originally posted Saturday, April 14, 2007

The news is out - after years of government-funded sexual abstinence education teens are still having sex. So what do we do, throw out the effort to educate and try to stem the tide of teen pregnancies and STDs? Do we stop education on drug/alcohol abuse because people still cave in to temptation? Do we cease all education on drinking and driving because some people are too stupid to listen? To stop this education now is moronic at best, tragically dangerous at worst. The greater question is how many teens have, because of abstinence education, thought twice about giving in or made conscious decisions to be safer when having sex or decided to be celibate and just not tell anyone? Don't stop sending out the message that abstinence is still the only truly safe way. To stop now is as stupid as having sex as a teenager. Think about it...