What is Abstinence
Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. Common reasons to deliberately abstain from the physical expression of sexu...
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Overview
Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. Common reasons to deliberately abstain from the physical expression of sexual desire include religious or philosophical reasons (e.g. chastity), material reasons (to prevent conception or STD transmission), lack of suitable partners, or to conform to legal injunctions.
Sexual abstinence has been debated since antiquity, and has been discussed both within the heterosexual and the homosexual spheres.
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Comprehensive sex education surpasses abstinence-only programs in efficacy (Pravda)
Comprehensive sex education seems to surpass abstinence-only programs in efficacy. Full Story
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Comprehensive Sex Education Students Less Likely To Have Teen Pregnancies, Study Says (Medical News Today)
An analysis of a 2002 federal survey has found that heterosexual teenagers ages 15 to 19 who received comprehensive sex education were about half as likely to report pregnancies as... Full Story
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New Study -- Same Result! Comprehensive Sex Education Works (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Adolescents receiving comprehensive sex education had a substantially lower risk of teenage pregnancy than students who received either abstinence-only education or no education at all, according to a new,... Full Story
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Comprehensive sex ed may cut teen pregnancies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Comprehensive sex education that includes discussion of birth control may help reduce teen pregnancies, while abstinence-only programs seem to fall short, the results of a U.S. survey suggest. Full Story
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Does Sex Ed Really Work? (ABC News)
Lawmakers renew call to eliminate funding for abstinence-only education. Full Story
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