Reply #43: HERE is the study they need but will AVOID [View All]

[rainbow4321]

I pretty sure they don't want THIS one, it shows states that allow teaching about contraception have a lot LOWER number of teen pregnancies than Texas--a state that pushes only abstinence. So what we WILL have is the neocons doing their "own study" just to make it it look like they should be shoving their abstinence only teaching into our schools

http://tinyurl.com/4dqlm


As of May 1, only 14 states required contraception to be covered in sex education, and 21 states required that abstinence be stressed, according to SIECUS, a nonprofit that promotes education about contraceptives.

The numbers put out by SIECUS indicate that of the 14 states that mandate contraception be covered, nine of the five have teen birth rates that fall below the national average. The national teen birth rate is 45 per 1,000 women ages 15-19. Maine, with one of the most comprehensive sex education programs in the nation, has a birth rate of 27 per 1,000, whereas it is 66 per 1,000 in Texas. Delaware, which mandates that both abstinence and contraceptives be covered if sex education has been taught, has a birth rate of 44 per 1,000.In Maryland, which mandates that sex education cover contraceptives, the birth rate is 38 per 1000 women.