At 02:50 PM 3/16/2004 -0800 Deborah Harrell wrote: >> First, the is no a priori religious connection to >> abstinence. There are a >> number of very sound reasons for strongly advising >> high school students - and younger, to not have sex. > >As I have clearly advocated in various posts. But >there certainly _is_ a connection to *abstinence only* >programs -- which are the ones I referred to. As I >clearly stated in my posts.
But again, there is no a priori reason for it to be so. >> Secondly, even the recent study of "virginity >> pledges" found that >> abstinence-only education was successful in >> prolonging the first incident >> of intercourse and had fewer sexual partners - which >> may well both be worthy goals. > >Cite? Please not a partisan organization, as I do not >cite from, frex, Planned Parenthood on contraception >issues, except to point out their bias. Last, I checked the NY Times was not a partisan organization, but thanks for the vote of confidence, Deborah... http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/10/health/10VIRG.html >> In addition, it is worth noting that >> non-abstinence programs >> tend to overlook the fact that condoms are not >> effective at preventing a number of serious STD's. > >Cite? Surely you don't need a cite for this? There are all sorts of STD's transmitted by other mechanisms than the man's ejaculate. JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
