Visit blog.abstinence.net for up-to-date commentary and discussion. - by Communications [5.29.2007] « SEE ALL ARTICLES STUDIES AND STATISTICS : ANOTHER LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE: ABSTINENCE AND COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS POSTED: MAR 13, 2009 There is a common perception that school-based comprehensive sex education programs are effective at protecting teens from the problems related to sexual activity while abstinence education programs are not. In fact, some have called for the complete abandonment of abstinence education. With 1 in 4 teen girls in the U.S. now infected with an STD,1 there is clearly a need for more effective programs to protect adolescents. However, before a program can be called effective it is necessary to clarify what “effective” means. This document offers basic criteria for effective programs and presents evidence about the effectiveness of both comprehensive and abstinence-based sex education in our schools. Click here to view the report. To access the full Resource Library, enter your member username and password here: user id: password:   Abstinence Clearinghouse 801 East 41st Street Sioux Falls, SD 57105 » info@abstinence.net 888-577-2966 (orders only please) 605-335-3643 Privacy Policy Please correspond to the DC Office through our main location in SD. Abstinence Clearinghouse DC Office 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004 (202)204-3055 This website is funded by non-governmental private funds.