AP: Abstinence Education Assessment Lacking

[Eugene]

Abstinence Education Assessment Lacking

By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, November 16, 2006 01 53 PM

(11-16) 13:53 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Most no-sex-before-marriage programs escape the type of scientific scrutiny
required to show if they work, a government watchdog said Thursday in a
report on the federally funded abstinence education efforts.

Also, the materials used by the programs face limited review for scientific
accuracy, the Government Accountability Office said. The abstinence programs
receive about $158 million a year in public money from the Health and Human
Services Department.

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The Administration for Families and Children, part of Health and Human Services,
does not review for scientific accuracy the materials used in the abstinence
programs it funds, the GAO found. It awards grants to two programs that
account for the largest portion of abstinence funding.

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"It is increasingly clear that the Administration for Children and Families'
strategy is to bury their heads in the sand and simply throw money at
organizations that favor the social issue agenda of the Bush administration,"
said William Smith, vice president for public policy at the Sexuality
Information and Education Council of the United States, which promotes
sexuality education.

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Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/16/national/w135321S37.DTL

[Kiouni]

1. Rabbits

Even if your religious enough to hold the sanctity of marriage up high you are still leaving your self wide open. If these kids commit one "sin" the will most likely not see doing the same sin over and over again as being a worse offense against their god. So clearly this is just stupid.

[daleo]

2. These programs don't need scientific review

They receive a "faith-based" review. If they fail, it's because people don't have enough faith in them. Plus, Satan is probably messing with the evidence.

See how easy that is?