Sadly, the nation’s teens are victims of the left’s agenda...

From Concerned Women for America:

A report released today by a Harvard University student, and published in the online edition of The American Journal of Public Health, purports to show that virginity pledges are ineffective. This major hit at abstinence pledges contains several problems: The data is a decade old, there are no data comparisons, and the report relies on self-responses of adolescents. Clearly, the left is at it again –– taking or manufacturing any possible “evidence” in order to slam abstinence programs.

Plainly put, it is a matter of survival for the left because the network of consultants and experts for comprehensive sex education subsists on government contracts. And, we are talking about big money. For example, in 2002, abstinence programs received only $102 million in federal funding compared to at least $427 million allocated to comprehensive sex education and contraception programs. Last year, when the president proposed increasing funding for abstinence-until-marriage programs, more than 200 left-wing groups lobbied Capitol Hill to oppose the increase.

While the left claims that abstinence education is “too simplistic” and “just say no” doesn’t work, the programs have been very effective in providing teens the skills and character development that they need to handle situations and to say “no” effectively. In addition, such programs provide opportunities for teens to learn that others who have engaged in early sexual activity regret their choice –– nearly two-thirds (63 percent) state that they wish they had waited to have sex.

The rest here.

You can also click here for an interview with the author, Dr Janice Crouse.

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