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*Stryker, you change them on RW if you want, but do not attempt, once again, to obfuscate Liberal [[deceit]] by removing the word "Liberal" by saying it is redundant! A conclusion based upon Liberal [[deceit]] such as you wish to obscure from this wiki, is indeed a Liberal biased "conclusion". --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 03:55, 12 August 2007 (EDT)
*Stryker, you change them on RW if you want, but do not attempt, once again, to obfuscate Liberal [[deceit]] by removing the word "Liberal" by saying it is redundant! A conclusion based upon Liberal [[deceit]] such as you wish to obscure from this wiki, is indeed a Liberal biased "conclusion". --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 03:55, 12 August 2007 (EDT)
Studies of the effectiveness of abstinence education programs have yielded differing conclusions. A 2004 study by the Heritage Foundation found that virginity pledges significantly reduce premarital sex without putting backsliders at risk.[2] A study funded by the Administration of liberal President Bill Clinton through Mathematica Policy Research found that "the programs had no effect on the sexual abstinence of youth."[3] But this study reached this liberal conclusion by omitting abstinence education during the pivotal high schools.[4]
==Problem with Grammar and Accuracy==
It drives me nuts when I can't edit for grammar! This sentence: ''But this study reached this liberal conclusion by omitting abstinence education during the pivotal high schools.'' clearly needs editing. However, in doing the research to do so (reading the references) I found that the paragraph doesn't accurately reflect the references. While Family Research Council is right that the study didn't cover the high school years, the study authors raise essentially the same point. A better way to put it would be something like:
:''A study by Mathematica Policy Research, funded by President Bill Clinton's administration, of four abstinence education programs funded under Title V Section 510 "had no effect on the sexual abstinence of youth."<ref>Mathematica Policy Research: Impacts of Four Abstinence Education Programs[http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/abstinencereport.asp]</ref> The authors point out that "Most Title V, Section 510 abstinence education programs are implemented in upper elementary and middle schools and most are completed before youth enter high school", and note that "the findings provide no information on the effects programs might have if they were implemented in high school or began at earlier ages but continued through high school." The Family Research Council added that "one logical conclusion is that to achieve the greatest effectiveness, programs must be intensive and long-term, so that the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to reject sex before marriage are constantly reinforced--particularly in the pivotal high school years."<ref>Family Research Council: Mathematica Study Doesn't Add Up to the End of Abstinence[http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU07D09]</ref>--[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 08:09, 18 September 2007 (EDT)
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