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Sex Ed Study Shows More Pregnancy in Abstinence Only Programs

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 13:10 4 Comments

The first national comparison of comprehensive versus abstinence-only sex education programs performed by researchers at the University of Washington, found that heterosexual teens (aged 15-19) who received comprehensive sex education were 50% less likely to report pregnancy than those receiving abstinence-only sex ed.  They were also 60% less likely to report pregnancies than teens who [...]

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