... children out of wed-lock is bad for the child, the parents, and even society. Abstinence education might seem as though it would help the teen pregnancy problem, but in reality it is doing just the opposite. Most teens aren't practicing abstinence and those who are usually give way to the heat of the moment and don't have the proper protection either. Researchers at the University of Washington in ... States that prescribe abstinence-only sex education programs in public schools have significantly higher teenage pregnancy and birth rates than states with more comprehensive sex education p...

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