"How effective are abstinence-only sexual education classes for teens? Apparently it depends on the study. Two conflicting narratives have been buzzing around the Internet based on the publication of two different works of research.
Last week the Guttmacher Institute released data that indicated the nation’s teen pregnancy rate rose 3 percent in 2006 (the most recent year for the collected data) after a decade-long decline. According to the official report, “Recent research concluded that almost all of the decline in the pregnancy rate between 1995 and 2002 among 18-19-year-olds was attributable to increased"
Last week the Guttmacher Institute released data that indicated the nation’s teen pregnancy rate rose 3 percent in 2006 (the most recent year for the collected data) after a decade-long decline. According to the official report, “Recent research concluded that almost all of the decline in the pregnancy rate between 1995 and 2002 among 18-19-year-olds was attributable to increased"