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:::If there's a benefit in putting this information out there, it's to alert parents to the fact that if they send their kids to abstinence-only programs, they can't expect that alone to keep their kids from engaging in premarital sex. There needs to be a continuous, open dialogue with one's children and a willingness to discuss birth control. What I saw in this survey is not the hand of big science, but the reality of the Palin family when they relied on abstinence-only education and withholding information about birth control, resulting in a teen pregnancy. Bristol Palin is fortunate to be marrying the child's father and starting a family, but conservatives who are truly motivated to prevent unwanted pregnancy and abortion need to learn from this survey instead of dismissing it. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 12:04, 29 December 2008 (EST) | :::If there's a benefit in putting this information out there, it's to alert parents to the fact that if they send their kids to abstinence-only programs, they can't expect that alone to keep their kids from engaging in premarital sex. There needs to be a continuous, open dialogue with one's children and a willingness to discuss birth control. What I saw in this survey is not the hand of big science, but the reality of the Palin family when they relied on abstinence-only education and withholding information about birth control, resulting in a teen pregnancy. Bristol Palin is fortunate to be marrying the child's father and starting a family, but conservatives who are truly motivated to prevent unwanted pregnancy and abortion need to learn from this survey instead of dismissing it. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 12:04, 29 December 2008 (EST) | ||
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| + | :::::I see that my edits regarding the survey have been removed, but I'm not going to start an edit-war by restoring them. What I ask, though, is what constructive answer people here have to the factual findings of the survey, which is that abstinence-only education and pledges don't work. I don't want teen pregnancy or STD any more than anyone else here, so instead of denying the truth, what would you propose that would actually work, Bugler? --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 12:09, 29 December 2008 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 17:09, December 29, 2008
The link provided as a reference was written in 2000, before the abstinence program went into full effect under the current Adminstration. There have been several scientific studies, and according to the page history, people have poorly tried to put some of that data in there. The article should be updated to reflect the current statistics of its effectiveness.--MarkS 16:35, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
- I'm adding some findings from a Fox News story that were released today, but I don't know if they'll be left intact or not because they show that kids who pledge abstinence are just as likely to have sex as those who don't, and unfortunately, when they do have sex they are less likely to use birth control or STD protection. Counter-examples of surveys showing differently would be welcome though. --DinsdaleP 11:38, 29 December 2008 (EST)
- That's probably not a good idea, Dinsdale. We wish to promote family-friendly information, not 'surveys' by Big Science advocates who seek to undo national chastity. Bugler 11:42, 29 December 2008 (EST)
- I understand your concern, Bugler, and as a parent myself I take this topic very much to heart. However, the point of the survey wasn't to encourage promiscuity, but to point out that abstinence-only education was not an effective means of preventing it. I'll repeat the key insight from the survey:
- "It seems that pledgers aren't really internalizing the pledge," Rosenbaum said. "Participating in a program doesn't appear to be motivating them to change their behavior. It seems like abstinence has to come from an individual conviction rather than participating in a program."
- If there's a benefit in putting this information out there, it's to alert parents to the fact that if they send their kids to abstinence-only programs, they can't expect that alone to keep their kids from engaging in premarital sex. There needs to be a continuous, open dialogue with one's children and a willingness to discuss birth control. What I saw in this survey is not the hand of big science, but the reality of the Palin family when they relied on abstinence-only education and withholding information about birth control, resulting in a teen pregnancy. Bristol Palin is fortunate to be marrying the child's father and starting a family, but conservatives who are truly motivated to prevent unwanted pregnancy and abortion need to learn from this survey instead of dismissing it. --DinsdaleP 12:04, 29 December 2008 (EST)
- I see that my edits regarding the survey have been removed, but I'm not going to start an edit-war by restoring them. What I ask, though, is what constructive answer people here have to the factual findings of the survey, which is that abstinence-only education and pledges don't work. I don't want teen pregnancy or STD any more than anyone else here, so instead of denying the truth, what would you propose that would actually work, Bugler? --DinsdaleP 12:09, 29 December 2008 (EST)
