Abstinence Only Sex Education Doesn't Work - Anybody Surprised At That?

The idea that you can teach young people to "just say no" to sex before marriage is not only wrongheaded, its ineffective. That is the conclusion of a study of the governments "abstinence only" education programs.It seems that students who had the "no sex" solution fared the same as students who did not attend classes. In other words these government-sponsored programs have the same effect as no program at all!

So what does the Family Research Council think we should do? Well more of the same that’s what. As a member of a 12-step program I was taught that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results was a good definition of insanity. I think it’s time the folks over at FRC had an intervention. The abstinence only program is a failure, just like most sane people said it would be. Now after spending $176 million a year on this tripe, it’s time to give our young people the real sex education they need and want.