Watchdog Groups Finds Abstinence-Only Programs Are Inaccurate And Ineffective, Um, AGAIN
From the AP
Most no-sex-before-marriage programs escape the type of scientific scrutiny required to show if they even work, a government watchdog said Thursday in a report on the federally funded abstinence education efforts.Also, the materials used by the programs face limited review for scientific accuracy, the Government Accountability Office said in its review of federal oversight of the programs. The abstinence programs receive about $158 million (€123.4 million) a year from the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
The report follows complaints that the government often presents biased and inaccurate information when it comes to sex. Just last month, another GAO report reminded the Bush administration that literature distributed by federally backed abstinence programs must contain medically accurate information about how well condoms prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
Flashback: Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens
Bill McCartney
