Thirty Percent of Americans Want Only Abstinence Taught
A recent NPR/Harvard School of Government/Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 46 percent of Americans want contraception with heavy emphasis on abstinence taught in sexual education programs. The poll also found that 28 percent of people thought that it is inappropriate for "teens can obtain birth control pills from family planning clinics and doctors without permission from a parent". In addition, the poll found that parents think their daughters are better prepared to examine sex and sexuality than their sons:
Sixty percent of parents said their daughter was very prepared; only 36 percent said the same of their son. Interestingly, fathers (60 percent) were as likely as mothers (59 percent) to say their daughter was very prepared. However, fathers (23 percent) were much less likely than mothers (45 percent) to say their son was very prepared.
The poll also examines how Americans define abstinence as well a statistical breakdown between the differences of what Evangelic Christians and non-Evangelicals consider appropriate to teach in sexual education.
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SUICIDEGIRL
Minnesota, USA
FEB 06, 2004 02:46 AM
ElleBelle
Portland, OR
August 2003
FEB 06, 2004 05:13 AM