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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 09/17/2007 : 02:33:57
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In Alabama, teaching abstinence-only "health education" in high schools seems to be showing results. But not good results for our species:Last year in Mobile County, 4,629 new cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported -- enough instances of the sexually transmitted diseases to account for one out of every 87 people, according to a Press-Register review of state and federal statistics.
That was about three times the rate in New York City and more than twice as high as Washington, D.C.
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In Alabama public schools, students are taught abstinence-based sex education as part of a half credit of health education in high school. Students learn that "abstinence is the only protection against pregnancy, HIV/AIDs and STDs," said state Department of Education spokeswoman Edith Parten. The subject of condoms, under the state course of study guidelines, is not broached, she said. |
[My emphasis.]
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 09/17/2007 02:41:44
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 09/17/2007 : 03:35:47 [Permalink]
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Abstinence per se works just fine; it's the teaching of it in place of actual education that is the problem.
I think that for every dose of of the clap, et al. and every teen pregnancy, an Alabama fundie supporting such shit should get to pay for the treatments and/or child support. That would put a stop to it.
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 05:09:48 [Permalink]
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Yep, saw that in the Sunday paper here in Mobile.
We're finally better than New York City at something!
For the record I am not the one out of the 87 people.  |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 05:17:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by pleco
Yep, saw that in the Sunday paper here in Mobile.
We're finally better than New York City at something!
For the record I am not the one out of the 87 people.
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In your face, NYC!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 09/17/2007 05:17:25 |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 06:34:47 [Permalink]
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| More like "In your crotch, NYC!" |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 06:57:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by pleco
More like "In your crotch, NYC!"
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The two, I'm told by reliable sources, have been known to converge.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 21:28:19 [Permalink]
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Abstinence works, there's no way it can't work.
Abstinence programs, however, do not work, especially if they are combined with suppression of information about condoms. |
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You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 23:42:02 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Abstinence programs, however, do not work, especially if they are combined with suppression of information about condoms. |
Of course abstinence programs work. They just have the opposite effect: more teenage mothers. |
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It's in the numbers: Abstinece gets results!
