Do abstinence programs work? / Christine Watkins, book editor. - 1 online resource (131 pages). - Gale virtual reference library At issue. Teen issues . - At issue. Teen issues. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Abstinence education programs are effective / Christine Kim and Robert Rector -- 2. Abstinence education programs are not effective / The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States -- 3. Abstinence is the best policy in preventing teen pregnancy / US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce -- 4. Abstinence-only programs are ineffective in preventing teen pregnancy / Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall and David W. Hall -- 5. Abstinence sex education programs should receive federal funding / National Abstinence Education Association -- 6. Comprehensive sex education programs should receive federal funding / Jendayi Phillip -- 7. Most US parents favor abstinence sex education programs / National Abstinence Education Foundation -- 8. Abstinence education programs incorporate shame and guilt / Calah Alexander -- 9. Abstinence education programs do not incorporate shame and guilt / Valerie Huber and Greg Pfundstein -- 10. Sex education should be taught at home as well as in schools / AVERT -- 11. Abstinence programs isolate LGBTQ youth / Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States -- 12. Sex education policy needs to be revised / Andrew Jenkins -- 13. Parents should be more open and honest about teenage sexuality / Amanda Marcotte.

Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.

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Pregnancy, Unwanted--United States.
Sex instruction for teenagers--United States.
Sexual abstinence--United States.
Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States.

HQ800.15 / .D62 2014

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