Here is one more example of President George Bush’s failure as a president. He jumped on the religious right bandwagon for "abstinence-only" programs. As many of us warned in the beginning, these have failed. Now the proof is in that they are as ineffective as most of us said they would be. Abstinence-only programs are pure foolishness.
From:
Nancy Keenan
President, NARAL Pro-Choice
The Bush administration has consistently defied common sense by refusing to fund proven sex-education programs and funnelling billions to programs with failing track records.
As a former teacher and state superintendent of education, I know how dangerous it is for teens to get the wrong information—or no information at all—in the classroom. Today, one in four American girls has a sexually transmitted disease .
But the new Congress gives us an opportunity to finally restore science-based sex education to our schools. We can't afford to sit idle.
Bush's support for ineffective and discredited "abstinence-only" programs has allowed anti-choice lawmakers to spend your tax dollars to spread right-wing ideology in the classroom, without doing a thing to protect the health of our teens.
In fact, "abstinence-only" programs contributed to our growing public-health crisis.
Leading experts universally endorse realistic, medically accurate, age-appropriate sex-education programs, not the failed "abstinence-only" approach. We need effective, comprehensive sex education, and Congress can't afford to wait.
Don't let our teens pay the price for Bush's political maneuvering! The 111th Congress is being sworn in today. Tell your new lawmakers you're ready for change in our country's classrooms.
Now's our chance to stop politically partisan meddling in our schools and support our teens with the facts they need to prevent unintended pregnancy and avoid sexually transmitted disease.
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