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10. Jan 2008|13:34 |
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"Abstinence-based education got US government backing in 1981, when Congress passed a law to fund sex education that promoted sef-restraint. More money was allocated through welfare laws in 1996, which provided $50 million a year.
A key plank of the abstinence approach is to avoid giving advice on contraception. The logic is that such information would give the message that it's OK to have sex. "The moment we do that, we water down the commitment," says Hester [Džimijs Hesters, viens no True Love Waits dibinātājiem].
If contraception is mentioned at all, it is to highlight its failings - often using inaccurate or distorted data. A report for the US House of Representatives published last December found that 11 out of 13 federally funded abstinence programmes studied contained false or misleading information. Examples of inaccurate statements included: "Pregnancy occurs one out of every seven times that couples use condoms," and: "Condoms fail to prevent HIV 31 per cent of the time."
(New Scientist, 2005. g. 5. marts, 44.-46. lpp.)
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