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Review Finds No Evidence To Support Funding Of Rigid Abstinence-Only Programs
September 16, 2008
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- The Guttmacher Institute has issued the following news release:

Most abstinence-only programs of the type that have received $1.5 billion in federal funding do not help teens delay initiation of sex, and there is no scientific evidence to warrant their widespread use, according to a new review of sexuality education program evaluations by Douglas B. Kirby. In contrast, many comprehensive sex education programs, which emphasize both abstinence and the use of p . . .

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