Waxman Finds Abstinece Programs Teach Eroneous Information

[Dr Ron]

Examples from Waxman's study at:
http://kerryblog.blogspot.com/2004/12/washington-teaches-false-sex_03.html

[Maat]

1. Thanks for the post.

It makes me realize what I have to teach my daughter. Apparently, decent information is not provided at many schools.

[AndyP]

2. here's a link to the news story about it

(not)surprisingly it's not in a US paper. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1365262,00.html

[HockeyMom]

4. Gag Orders

The Bush Administration may be putting a gag order on the schools, but let's see them try to put a gag order on PARENTS. Old song, "teach your children well........"

[vpigrad]

3. As much as I hate to say it, some of it is true

> Touching genitals can result in pregnancy

I got my wife pregnant before we ever had sex. This was in the late 50's, and it was quite a ... um ... problem. We got married 2 weeks after she found-out. You don't have to have penetration to get a woman pregnant. It's extrememly unlikely, but it can happen. I guess they should preface that statement with touching genetals after the male ejaculates can result in pregnancy.

> Abortion can lead to sterility and suicide

A friend's daughter is sterile after a bad abortion. That is true, but it doesn't tell the whole story. Having an abortion is much safer than taking the pregnancy to term. A woman is much more likely to end-up sterile after having a child. So yes it can lead to sterility, but it is safer.

> Condoms fail to prevent transmission of HIV in 31% of incidences of heterosexual intercourse

I don't know about the 31% part, but that is possible. My poor son and his wife just had a baby. They said they used condoms 100% of the time, but after three months of living together, his wife still got pregnant. That scares the hell out of me. If semen can work it's way out of a condom, why can't infected blood? I'm glad now I'm married and old rather than single and young. Things are scary now.

[frylock]

5. and once again drawing the "statements taken out of context" card..

Alma Golden, the deputy assistant health and human services secretary for population affairs, said it took statements out of context to present programmes in the worst possible light.

so, in what context was "HIV can be contracted through sweat and tears" or "half the gay male teenagers in the US have tested positive for HIV" taken from?!