Birds, bees, and politics.(NEWS)(sex education ) From: Science & Spirit | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Putney, Margaret | COPYRIGHT 2008 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks to find middle ground in the debate between contraception and abstinence-only sex education for teens. In doing so, it may ignore significant differences between the content and purpose of each approach.

Drawing on a national survey of more than two thousand adolescents, the CDC found that sex education increases the likelihood that teens will delay having intercourse--no matter what sort of e...

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