Studies on the Conservative Myth of "Just say no to sex."
Report: Efforts to Reduce Teen Sex, STDs Faltering
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 4, 2008; 12:11 PM
"...Since we've started pushing abstinence we have seen no change in the numbers on sexual activity," said John Santelli, chairman of the department of population and family health at Columbia University. "The other piece of it is abstinence education spends a good amount of time bashing condoms. So it's not surprising, if that's the message young people are getting, that we're seeing condom use start to decrease."
Teen pregnancies Up.
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