September 10, 2004, 07:53 AM
Chron: Abstinence doesn't prevent pregnancy
I know that the Houston Chronicle is biased, but even bias has to take some account of reality. The Chron's latest news article on sex-ed refuses to do even this:
Um, stop me if I'm mistaken, but doesn't abstinence prevent pregnancy and disease?High school students in Houston and elsewhere may not learn about preventing pregnancy and disease in proposed new textbooks that teach abstinence exclusively.
Look, I know that refusing to teach youngsters about condoms and birth control constitutes a refusal to provide instruction in specific methods aimed at preventing pregnancy and disease, but it does not — as a matter of fact — constitute a refusal to provide any instruction in preventing pregnancy and disease. The simple fact is, forgoing sex until marriage will prevent unwanted pregnancy and STDs.
And we're talking about a news article here, not an editorial. The distinction should have been made.
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