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- Verse: If any of yopu lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives geneerously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. --James 1:5
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Today, two groups known for advocating teen sexual activity filed a baseless challenge to abstinence education, states the Abstinence Clearinghouse, the world's leading proponent of abstinence education. The challenging organizations, Advocates for Youth and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), contend that abstinence education is medically inaccurate. Their specious claims are based on a discredited report released last year by California liberal, Representative Henry Waxman (D-30).
"Abstinence education programs are among the most heavily referenced and thoroughly monitored in the United States education system," said Leslee Unruh, president of the Abstinence Clearinghouse. "These false allegations show promiscuity promoters are up against the ropes. They have to hide the truth of their own programs by attacking healthy, responsible abstinence education."
A review of the sex education curricula promoted on the SIECUS website revealed very questionable content. For example, "Becoming A Responsible Teen", a program for adolescents as young as fourteen years states, "Some 'grocery store' lubricants are safe to use if they do not contain oil: grape jelly, maple syrup, and honey." "Reducing the Risk" advises teens, "You do not need a parent's permission to get birth control at a clinic." "Be Proud, Be Responsible", a curriculum for thirteen year olds advises students in class to "Think up a sexual fantasy using condoms." The curriculum also advises the teens (who may be underage in many states) to "Plan a special day (with their sexual partner) when you can experiment. Just talking about how you'll use all of those condoms can be a turn on."
"If these groups want to investigate dangerous and misleading information given to kids, they should start with their own recommended curricula," said Libby Gray Macke, director of Project Reality, a national abstinence education program.
Unruh concluded, "The contraceptive sex educators had a thirty-year, multi-billion dollar monopoly in schools that led teens into disease, dysfunction, and dissatisfaction. It is the increase in abstinence that has led to the record low teen birth and pregnancy rates. Abstinence is healing the emotional hurts brought on by unmarried sex. SIECUS and Advocates for Youth have never understood that and they never will."
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