http://www.momsrising.org/blog/come-on-abstinence-only-programs-shouldnt-have-to-prove-theyre-effective-to-get-funding/ Where Moms and the people who love them fight for a better America Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/come-on-abstinence-only-programs-shouldnt-have-to-prove-theyre-effective-to-get-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-14770 UntamedWish Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:14:25 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2671#comment-14770 As with all our national crises, common s(ci)ense has gone by the wayside. Maybe we should start a national movement for a Constituional Amendment that no law or policy be valid if it fails to pass the common sense / science test. As with all our national crises, common s(ci)ense has gone by the wayside. Maybe we should start a national movement for a Constituional Amendment that no law or policy be valid if it fails to pass the common sense / science test.

]]> http://www.momsrising.org/blog/come-on-abstinence-only-programs-shouldnt-have-to-prove-theyre-effective-to-get-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-14511 Chris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:25:16 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2671#comment-14511 From the looks of our society and the number of STD infections in teens and the growing pregnancy rates among our youth, it appears that both comprehensive and abstinence-only programs are failing miserably in reducing these rates. So why throw good money into ineffective programs? I am not sure what the solution is, but I know if we don't figure it out, more lives will be affected by STDs and AIDs; and poverty will continue to follow children born into single-parent families from the irresponsible sexual behaviors of their teenage parents. From the looks of our society and the number of STD infections in teens and the growing pregnancy rates among our youth, it appears that both comprehensive and abstinence-only programs are failing miserably in reducing these rates. So why throw good money into ineffective programs? I am not sure what the solution is, but I know if we don’t figure it out, more lives will be affected by STDs and AIDs; and poverty will continue to follow children born into single-parent families from the irresponsible sexual behaviors of their teenage parents.

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