IN THE MEDIA 2/11/10: Calling for abstinence education in California
When a landmark, peer-review, published study came out proving the effectiveness of teaching schoolchildren to abstain from sexual activity, SaveCalifornia.com leaped on the news to urge California’s elected leaders and bureaucrats – who remain in self-imposed scientific darkness – to end their official bias against abstinence education in more than 1,000 public school districts up and down California.
Memo to public schools: Stop pushing sex!
Group demands California implement programs promoting abstinence
WorldNetDaily.com 2/11/10
A leading pro-family organization is demanding that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state superintendent of public instruction abandon a California ban on abstinence-only education in public schools. SaveCalifornia.com pointed to a landmark study showing that abstinence education protects two-thirds of young teenagers from STDs and unwed pregnancies. "It's time to respect science and employ abstinence education to help save teens and pre-teens from sexually transmitted diseases that are at unacceptable levels," SaveCalifornia President Randy Thomasson said in a statement. "Children are not sexual animals, but are precious human beings created in the image of God with the ability to think and make healthy choices," Thomasson said.
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California Governor Schwarzenegger, Jack O'Connell Should Back Abstinence
By Randy Thomasson in Lifenews.com 2/10/10
It's time to respect science and employ abstinence education to help save teens and pre-teens from sexually transmitted diseases that are at unacceptable levels. In light of these facts, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack O'Connell should immediately drop their out-of-date prohibition of abstinence-only education in California public schools. Policymakers need to get beyond their own opinions and biases and recognize empirical research showing abstinence education plays a very valuable role in helping young people stay healthy. Read the full article on Lifenews.com »