Miseducation: the lowdown on abstinence-only sex-ed programs.
The Humanist › Vol. 67 Nbr. 1, January 2007
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Miseducation: the lowdown on abstinence-only sex-ed programs.
IN LATE OCTOBER 2006 New Jersey became the fourth state to reject federal funding for sex education programs. Thanks to Bush administration mandates, accepting the federal money would have required the state to abandon its existing comprehensive sex-ed curriculum, and instead rely exclusively on abstinence-only programs. But though New Jersey's decision and similar ones by California, Connecticut, and Maine are encouraging, not every state has the luxury of turning down federal dollars. And that's bad news for those c...
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