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washingtonmonthly.com - 1/7/2009
Abstinence programs still don't work
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ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS STILL DON'T WORK.... I don't want to alarm anyone, but it appears that teenagers sometimes have sex, even if they "pledge" not to. Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital...

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... In December, Obama sparked controversy when he picked conservative mega-church Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at the inauguration ceremony. As we've discussed before in the Weekly Pulse, Warren's worldly political agenda makes him a troubling pick. The pastor opposes abortion, gay rights, and science-based sex education. He favors the discredited abstinence-only until hetero-marriage approach to preventing STDs and unplanned pregnancies home and abroad. Warren is clearly positioning himself for a prominent role in shaping the Obama administration policy on ...

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