Saturday, December 04, 2004

The Truth About Abstinence-Only Education

Headlines this week blared alarmist reactions to the increased federal funding of abstinence education in our nation’s schools upon release of a congressional study issued by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California). According to Rep. Waxman’s wildly misrepresented facts and out-of-context suggestions, he and his colleagues are insisting that abstinence education is dangerous, misleading and riddled with inaccuracies.
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“The Waxman report is nothing but a hit piece, an extremely misleading attempt to discredit abstinence programs because they pose a huge threat to the ‘safe sex’ establishment that promotes pre-marital sex, homosexuality and gender confusion,” said Robert Knight, director of CWA’s Culture & Family Institute.
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