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Fed Funded Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Programs Give 'False' HIV Information
by Dementia at 9:46 pm EST, Dec 2, 2004

] Waxman's staff reviewed 13 of the most commonly used
] abstinence-only sex education curricula in the United
] States and found that 11 of the programs -- which are
] used by 69 organizations in 25 states -- contain
] "unproved claims, subjective conclusions or outright
] falsehoods regarding reproductive health, gender traits
] and when life begins," the Post reports.
]
]
] According to the report, some of the claims made by the
] programs include: that a fetus at 43 days gestation is a
] "thinking person," that a boy or man can impregnate a
] woman or girl by touching her genitals, that women who
] undergo abortion are "more prone to suicide," that 10% of
] women who undergo abortion become sterile, that 50% of
] gay male teenagers are HIV-positive, that HIV can be
] spread through sweat and tears and that condoms fail to
] prevent sexually transmitted diseases 31% of the time
] when used during heterosexual intercourse, according to
] the report, the Post reports.

Not only does abstinence only education not work, but it's spreading misinformation as well. Just great.


 
 
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