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65 Pregnant Students = End to Abstinence-Only Education

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Posted on Aug 17, 2006
Preg ed
From feministing

An Ohio school board voted to allow discussion of contraception in sex education classes upon learning that 13% of one high school’s female students were pregnant.

  • Earlier: Congress declines to fund abstinence only-programs

  • Feministing:

    I guess that would be a hint that your sex ed program is less than successful.

    In Canton, Ohio, a school board decided to expand sex education to allow for discussion on contraception after realizing that 13 percent of one high school’s female students were pregnant. Yeah.

    There were 490 female students at Timken High School in 2005, and 65 were pregnant, WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported.

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    By ib, August 18, 2006 at 2:52 pm #
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    The sad fact is that these girls parents failed them miserely.  They chose not to have the schools teach their children basic reproductive education and on top of that did not teach them at home.

    So now we tax payers will have to pay for the next 18 years due to their misguided beliefs.

    I propose that the parents of these children bearing childrens shoulder the entire cost for the next 18.

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    By Bill, August 18, 2006 at 11:53 am #
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    Comment #18931 - sorry abstinence only works if the person choose’s it (pro choice) for themselves.  Face it, there will be some that will practice abstinence and there will be some that don’t.  Teaching both in schools is the right thing to do.  Teach them abstinences is the only to prevent prgenacy and desease.  But if you are going to have sex, condoms, birth control, std checks, how std’s are contracted all have to be taught also.

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    By John C. Bonser, August 18, 2006 at 6:48 am #
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    Unfortunately the attitude of far too many people is “she’s had sinned and now must pay for it.” So long as we allow narrow minded men look upon children as punishment lead us, we will keep moving back to the stone age.

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    By heavywithsediment, August 17, 2006 at 11:29 pm #
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    i’m no bible-thumping republican, and i’m all for contraception training in GRADE-school health ed programs, but let’s face-it, abstinence is one hundred percent effective… pass it on!

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