Enter: a comprehensive review of studies published Tuesday that found teaching teens only the "wait-until-marriage" kind of sex ed doesn't work.
What's important here, though, is that researchers have been racking up data and evidence for decades showing that abstinence-only sex education isn't effective.
It not only fails to delay the age when teens first have sex, but also fails to reduce unintended pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Conversely, comprehensive sex ed programs—which include lessons on how to have safe sex as well as information on abstinence—have been shown to be much more effective.
"A lot of people are surprised that the federal and state governments are still funding abstinence-only," Santelli said via email.
We just might see another comprehensive review of abstinence-only sex ed, with exactly the same results, in a few short years.
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