Most Americans Favor Comprehensive Sex Education

[deadparrot]

MONDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Regardless of their political leanings, the majority of American adults (80.4 percent) favors a balanced approach to sex education in schools, including teaching children about both abstinence and other ways of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, a University of Pennsylvania study finds.

The findings suggest that the U.S. government's support for abstinence-only programs doesn't reflect broad public support for comprehensive sex education, say researchers from the school's Annenberg Public Policy Center.

They noted that 25 percent of American youth have sex by age 15, 37.5 percent by age 16 and 46.9 percent by age 17.

The researchers analyzed data from 1,096 adults (average age 46.8) who took part in the Annenberg National Health Communication Survey between July 2005 and January 2006. The respondents were asked about their support of three different types of sex education: abstinence-only; comprehensive; and comprehensive that includes condom instruction.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/mostamericansfavorcomprehensivesexeducation

[HockeyMom]

1. No Gag Order on Contraceptives Education for Parents

My daughter came to me with her questions. ENDLESS questions. If the schools (Abstience ONLY Bush Administration Sex Ed) won't do it, then PARENTS MUST.

[Porcupine]

3. Ouch! The wording on that.. Parent kick.

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[rodeodance]

2. we know both cheney and bush do NOT care what the PEOPLE think!