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To: i-node who wrote (146252)	4/24/2002 8:49:07 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1575424

Actually the evidence by the World Health Organization is that teaching abstinence has a lower success rate than teaching non-judgemental sex education. The reason is, when you talk down to kids and tell them they can't do it, it makes them want to do it even more. And they already want to do it, well most kids anyway. Simple fact is very few people will wait for marriage to have sex anymore. They're rare and it's usually because they're either physically unattractive or very religious.

To: i-node who wrote (146252)	4/24/2002 8:54:12 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1575424

Planned parenthood doesn't have any tactics at all. It's there as a free service and helps avoid the spread of venereal disease and unwanted pregnancies. They never recommend abortions or birth control pills. Just condoms. But if someone wants them they deliver safely. If kids go there first before having sex they'll never need abortions. The point is to avoid abortions and disease. Religious conservatives don't know much about sex but what they put out there is that all sex is dirty and you're sure to catch a fatal disease. They are therefore using AIDS and herpes for their own purpose. No wonder they don't support research monies to cure them. Finally they have something real to scare kids away from sex with and they love it. And they deny condoms are safe despite a 99% success rate. Bottomline, they don't want kdis to know the facts and getting kids to not have sex makes them feel they're doing something good for the world. Why they demonize safe sex is beyond me as they have no experience with it, but they just hate sex I guess.