Opposing Views
Abstinence-Only Education: Why First Amendment Sup, Abstinence-Only: Breeding Ignorance, American Civil Liberties Union : Abstinence-Only E, American Medical News - Does Sex Ed Focused on Abs, George Monbiot - Waging War with the Virgin Soldie, No New Money for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Pr, Salon - Bush's Sex Fantasy, Scientific Knowledge on Abstinence-only Education , Star Tribune - State's Abstinence-Only Sex Ed, The Facts: Real Sex Education vs. Abstinence-Only
Abstinence Only Sex Education Program in Schools
Describes abstinence-only sex education programs and what proponents and opponents have to say on this issue, along with whether or not it works.
Back to School with the Religious Right: Sexuality
Reviews opposing approaches (abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education) and the efforts by political and religious groups to control how the topic is taught in U.S. schools.
CNN - Waxman Report: Abstinence Courses Flawed
A government report finds that federally funded abstinence education programs used in 25 US states contain false and misleading information about contraception, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases.
Florida Abstinence Evaluation
An effort to understand and assess the implementation of sexual abstinence education programs throughout the State of Florida.
MSNBC - Carnal Knowledge: The Sex Ed Debate
Examines the debate and how both sides see the worsening sitution as a reason for their case.
NPR : Sex Education in America
An overwhelming majority of Americans want sex education in schools, but there is still disagreement over how it should be taught. With analysis and the surveys.
USA Today - Sex education stirs controversy
Examines the fight over sex education in schools, with conservatives pushing for absinence as the only acceptable choice while public health experts, medical associations, and women's groups assert that absinence programs use false data and do not work.