How to teach school based programs on sexuality and sexual health is a hot topic in today's society. The government, including President Bush, has stated that schools should implement ‘abstinence only' teaching programs to educate students to wait until marriage to engage in sexual activity. However, there is a small amount of statistical data and positive results documented to support this intervention about sexual health. Is it truly the most effective way to prevent students from participating in sexual activities before marriage? The reality is that in 2002, "the proportion of never-married females aged 15–19 who had ever had sexual intercourse was 46 percent." (Center for Disease Control, 2). This is an astounding number and it certainly seems that an abstinence only approach is not effective.
I believe that the abstinence-only program sets non-realistic goals that are almost never met. Also, a majority of them do not provide education on contraceptive use,......

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Title: Teaching Sex Ed. In School
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