Zoey 101 needs sex education
More data to back up my belief that the lesson of the Jamie Lynn Spears story is the failure of "abstinence education" in this country.
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the teen birth rate was 41.9 births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, the first increase in fifteen years. At the same time, the federal government spent more than 1.5 billion dollars on abstinence education since Bush took off.
And here's more from an article by earthtimes.org:
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According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the teen birth rate was 41.9 births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, the first increase in fifteen years. At the same time, the federal government spent more than 1.5 billion dollars on abstinence education since Bush took off.
And here's more from an article by earthtimes.org:
Cash-strapped states are required to match the federal spending, meaning they often have no money left over for more effective sex education. The result is that "fewer than half of public schools in the US now offer information on how to obtain birth control, and only a third include discussion of abortion and sexual orientation in their curricula," according to Planned Parenthood.
Research has shown....some 88 per cent of teens who pledge to keep their virginity in school still engage in premarital sex but are less likely to use contraceptives than other kids.I'll give Bill Albert, deputy director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, the last word. "That Spears was shocked that she was pregnant suggests that she wasn't ready to have sex...Anyone who has sex can get pregnant, and if you don't know that, you probably shouldn't be having sex. Zoey 101 needs sex education 101."
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posted by pam at 9:28 AM
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