I think this pretty much sums up alot about why abstinence only is not working. It is basically filling teenagers heads with information to scare them from having sex. It does give out the real information about what to do if you do have sex, which statistics shows that many teenagers do. Also, trying to scare teenagers from having sex does not usually work in the long run... and when it fails to work, these teenagers have no knowledge about birth control or contraceptives. Texas particulary has a problem with this. It has the third highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. And in most areas of Texas, abstinence only is widely taught. Virginity ads can been found all over the T.V, and virginitry rallies and events are held with dozens upon dozens making virginity pledges.
Well, obviously.. this is NOT working. I guess the virginity pledges are not being kept for too long. This should be an indicator that it is time to let comprehensive sex ed step in.
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