Government unworried by abstinence report (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Government unworried by abstinence report
Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:24PM EDT

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A report that found some abstinence-only
education programs do little to discourage teens from having sex only
shows a small part of the picture, a Health and Human Services
]Department official said on Monday.

Newer sexual education programs are often more comprehensive and
HHS is doing more to monitor them and make sure they are working,
said Harry Wilson, associate commissioner at the Administration on
Children, Youth and Family at HHS.

"We are taking it and managing the program. We are trying to collect
as much data as can. We have got a study of 400 curricula going on,"
Wilson said in a telephone interview.

-snip-

Wilson said he did not understand why so many advocacy groups
responded so strongly to the report. The Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy, Advocates for Youth and California Democratic Rep. Harry
Waxman all said the report demonstrated that abstinence-only
education programs waste money.

"What people have misunderstood is that it is not like we have kids in
a box and we open the top and throw abstinence education in and
nothing else gets in," Wilson said.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1633597320070416

[DFW]

1. The government

Our government has also been claiming we have
been making progress in Iraq for the last four
years, too.

I'd say they have about equal credibility on both issues.

Hey, at least they're consistent!

[Crayson]

2. I heard the government spent over a billion $ on these...

abstinence programs.
Do they believe that young people are so easily influenced?
Young people have a tendency NOT to do as they are told, specially BECAUSE they want to find out why they are told NOT to do something.

And secondly, the media are full of sex and subtle erotic.
You can't sell a car with a sexy girl and then tell people NOT to have sex when they get the chance!

Stupidity.
Spend the money on condoms and everybody is happy.

[Contrary1]

3. Of course they're not.

To admit that it is not working would alienate the Fundies, not to mention piss
off all those "experts" that are getting paid our tax $$$ to push this nonsense.

[DRoseDARs]

4. 'Faith-based Analysis' defined: "We have faith in our own bullshit." n/t

[Dr Fate]

5. Bush is the one who needs to stop screwing US. n/t

n/t

[sam sarrha]

6. Corney's getting rich doing the easiest thing... NOTHING

[w4rma]

7. That's the executive branch, not the entire government. (nt)

[ClintonTyree]

8. It needs to be given time. Teenage sex is in it's last throes....

and if we stay the course victory over sex will be ours. Emission accomplished! :sarcasm:

[ieoeja]

9. Of course not.

Since when the fuck does reality have a seat at the table?