Source: Zenit
WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 3, 2010 (Zenit.org).- In response to a new study demonstrating the effectiveness of abstinence education for teens, the Family Research Council is lamenting the government's rejection of programs that teach this to youth in the United States.
The council released a statement after the publication of a study by John and Loretta Jemmott from the University of Pennsylvania, Geoffrey Fong from the University of Waterloo, and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in Waterloo, Ontario.
Tony Perkins, the council's president, explained that the study "tells us clearly that abstinence education, not the promotion of high-risk sexual behavior among teens, is needed."
"The study reports that abstinence education successfully reduced self-reported sexual involvement among African American students in grades six and seven," he added.
"In light of this study and others showing the positive health benefits of abstinence education," Perkins noted, "it is unfortunate that this congress and administration has zeroed out abstinence education."
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