Examines how abstinence-only education violates student's constitutional rights as well as force feeds students religious ideology and avoids education of important sexual issues.

Asserts the Bush-backed sex education programs are filled with errors, and try to scare and shame teens, teaching only the negative consequences of sexuality without telling young people what they can do to stay safe and healthy. [Free registration required.]

Despite no credible evidence that abstinence-only programs reduce sexual activity or risk-taking behaviors among teens, the same ineffective programs are being pushed on students.

Comprehensive sex education programs are few. In many school districts, discussion about contraceptives is prohibited or the information provided is inaccurate. Examines state curricula and finds those with abstinence only programs have higher rates of disease and unwanted pregnancies.

Article refuting conservative's claims that when sex education and contraception are widely available, unwanted pregnancies increase. Uses several nations that abandoned the "abstinence only" approach as examples.

Discusses the shortcomings of abstinence-only sex education programs, as promoted by the US government, and urges action to end the censorship of comprehensive sexuality education.

The White House is pouring money into programs that tell teens to just say no to sex. Most experts say the programs don't work - except to enrich the religious right.

Critique of George W. Bush's advocation of abstinence-only programs, and despite spending more than $10 million in Texas alone, the strategy has not been shown to be effective.

Minnesota's $5 million abstinence-only sex education program isn't working, according to an independent study commissioned by the Minnesota Department of Health.

Concludes that to make good decisions and protect themselves, young people need accurate information about sex.

Documents how US government funded programs must not include information on using contraceptives, and studies showing that students taught that way end up with higher rates of unwanted pregnancies.

Report of an Alan Guttmacher Institute study.