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Christian Medical Association on landmark
abstinence study:
"Mom and Dad really do know best"
Washington, DC – February 2, 2010- Dr. David
Stevens, CEO of the 16,000-member Christian Medical Association, today
released this statement regarding a landmark study on abstinence
education released Monday and published in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine:
"Science has finally caught up with logic and what parents have known
for centuries by empirically demonstrating that equipping teens to
abstain from sexual activity is an effective way to prevent teen
pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases."
The National Abstinence Education Association has noted, "A survey from
Zogby International showing that when parents become aware of what
abstinence education vs. comprehensive sex education actually teaches,
support for abstinence programs jumps from 40% to 60%, while support for
comprehensive programs drops from 50% to 30%. And 59% of parents said
more funding should go to abstinence education; 22% said more should go
to comprehensive sex education." 1
Dr. Stevens added, "It is notable that John B. Jemmott III, the
University of Pennsylvania professor who led the federally funded study,
candidly admitted, 'I think we've written off abstinence-only education
without looking closely at the nature of the evidence.'"
Dr. Stevens explained, "What we should learn from this experience is
that while science itself is objective, scientists themselves can be
biased and can mislead the public and policy makers.
Dr. Stevens added, "Many groups and individuals up until yesterday had
relentlessly railed against abstinence programs as totally ineffective,
even counterproductive. They had used their own studies to convince many
legislators, including President Obama, to eliminate federal funding for
abstinence programs altogether, in the process depriving teens and their
parents from a potent resource that can mean a lifesaving
difference.
"It turns out that when it comes to educating their children on matters
of sex, Mom and Dad really do know best."
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