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To: Elroy who wrote (316558)	12/20/2006 9:02:34 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578962

"I wonder what the percentages would be in Iran, or Saudi Arabia?" You'd know better than me. Ask some of your UAE buddies. I'm not at all surprised by the American results, having been a teenager. I'm curious as to what percentage of marriages are the result of pregnancy here.

To: Elroy who wrote (316558)	12/23/2006 2:10:22 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578962

Reality check: 95 percent of Americans had premarital sex POSTED: 2308 GMT (0708 HKT), December 19, 2006 I can't imagine why this comes as any surprise.

To: Elroy who wrote (316558)	12/27/2006 7:05:08 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578962

which calls into question the federal government's funding of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs for 12- to 29-year-olds," 29 year olds? What federal program pushes abstinence on 29 year olds? Of course a lot of 16 year olds, or even younger people have had sex, but the idea is to reduce the percentage, not eliminate it. You can argue about whether or not its a good idea, or how good the execution of the idea is, but the fact that almost all 29 year olds (or 30 or 44 year olds) have had sex outside of marriage, doesn't make for much of an argument against teaching the idea of abstinence to 12 to 16 year olds. Even if abstinence education for younger teens is a bad idea for some reason, the stats about adults would be largely irrelevant.