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Media Silence on the Myth of ‘Safe Sex ’ 
Here’s what the networks refuse to report: condoms are only partially effective, even when used perfectly, in preventing a host of STDs.  

"Why aren’t the media asking the following questions of the educators, liberal Congressmen and Planned Parenthood “experts” who are working to eliminate abstinence programs while shoveling yet more tax dollars to their own programs?

·        Why are you still promoting the “safe-sex” approach that is in 75 percent of U.S. schools and has obviously been a failure and perhaps even a contributing factor in the epidemic?

High Levels of STDs among Teens Reinforce Need for Abstinence Education
"A new CDC study indicates that one in four (26%) female adolescents aged 14-19 in the United States have at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The study is the first to examine the combined national prevalence of common STDs among adolescent women in the United States."

Teen Pregnancy Rates Slashed by nearly 50% since Abstinence Education Implemented
"Atlanta, June 22, 2007 — Since the initiation of abstinence education in Georgia eleven years ago, Georgia has again seen a sharp decline in teen pregnancy rates. The latest data shows that pregnancy rates among Georgia teens aged 15-17 have fallen from 68 (per 1000) in 1994 to 36 in 2005, a decrease of 46% over the past 11 years"

Zogby Survey Shows Dramatic Shift in Attitudes Once Parents Understand Differences Between Abstinence and Comprehensive Sex Education
"Atlanta, May 4, 2007 — The National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) today released a new survey from Zogby International showing that when parents become aware of what abstinence education vs. comprehensive sex education actually teaches, support for abstinence programs jumps from 40% to 60%, while support for comprehensive programs drops from 50% to 30%. This sharp increase in support of abstinence education is seen across all political and economic groups."

Numerous Studies Prove Abstinence Education Works, Mathematica Findings Too Narrow
"ATLANTA, April 16, 2007 — The recent March conference on the Evaluation of Abstinence Education, sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), featured at least 30 significant evaluation studies that demonstrated positive trends in teen abstinent behavior, says Valerie Huber, Executive Director of the National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA). The NAEA also recently released a list of numerous peer-reviewed, published studies that demonstrate that abstinence education programs are effective in delaying sexual debut, reducing partners once sexually active, and empowering sexually experienced students to embrace abstinent behavior. This list is available online at http://www.abstinenceassociation.org/docs/NAEA_Abstinence_Works_041207.pdf (PDF, ~50KB)"

HHS Report: “Comprehensive” Sex Education Ineffective And Offensive Programs Instruct Teens As Young As 13 on Sexually Explicit Material
"Washington, DC – Parents today learned the truth about so called “comprehensive” sex education curricula from a US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) study. The government report reveals how the most commonly used sex education programs have virtually no effect in keeping teens from having sex yet contain numerous sexually explicit lessons taught to teens as young as 13. Of the nine commonly used curricula studied in the HHS report, most showed no impact in preventing teen sex, and one failed to even evaluate program effectiveness. All the programs reviewed by the HHS devoted an overwhelming amount of teaching time to topics such as condom usage, condom demonstration and sexual game play as methods of “safe” sex."

Abstinence Education Cuts Teen Sex by 50%
Study provides more proof abstinence is healthiest choice for teens
"The National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) praises the Virginia Department of Health for the success of its Virginia Abstinence Education Initiative (VAEI).  Research shows abstinence programs in Virginia are delaying the onset of sex in teens by nearly 50-percent."

HHS Report: “Comprehensive” Sex Education Ineffective And Offensive
"Programs Instruct Teens As Young As 13 on Sexually Explicit Material.  Washington, DC – Parents today learned the truth about so called “comprehensive” sex education curricula from a US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) study. The government report reveals how the most commonly used sex education programs have virtually no effect in keeping teens from having sex yet contain numerous sexually explicit lessons taught to teens as young as 13. Of the nine commonly used curricula studied in the HHS report, most showed no impact in preventing teen sex, and one failed to even evaluate program effectiveness. All the programs reviewed by the HHS devoted an overwhelming amount of teaching time to topics such as condom usage, condom demonstration and sexual game play as methods of “safe” sex."

UW Sex Education Study Lacks Validity
Discounts research affirming success of abstinence education.  

"Washington, DC (March 21, 2008) — The National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) questions the findings of the University of Washington study claiming that students who receive abstinence education are at a greater risk for becoming teen parents. The results, set to be published in the April 2008 edition of the Journal of Adolescent Health, lack validity because the abstinence and contraceptive-based approaches are not accurately or clearly defined in the data.

"This study is suspect because it only addresses teen pregnancy, dismissing rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or the emotional risks of casual sex, and there is no accurate comparison of data between abstinence and contraception-based curriculums. The research is simply data-mining, and both curriculums are greatly misrepresented," said Valerie Huber, Executive Director, NAEA. "Teens are at risk for pregnancy, STDs and emotional consequences when they add sex to their relationships, so it is important that we look at the growing body of research showing abstinence education as the only curriculum to successfully address all three important topics."

The January 2008 edition of the American Journal of Health Behavior published a study showing students who receive abstinence education are 50-percent less likely to initiate sex. A 2004 Journal of Adolescent Health article concluded abstinence education has substantially contributed to the decrease in teen pregnancy."

MATHEMATICA ABSTINENCE STUDY USES FUZZY MATH, POSTED: APR 16, 2007
"A much touted report released by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. costing taxpayers more than six million dollars reported little to no significant results on students participating in four small programs is being used to discredit abstinence education programs across the country."

Mathematica  Study Doesn't Add Up to the End of Abstinence
"The four programs that Mathematica evaluated (beginning in 1999) have already been revised and improved, and they are by no means representative of abstinence education as a whole.

Fact: Abstinence programs dramatically reduce out-of-wedlock childbearing.
"For more than a decade, abstinence organizations such as “True Love Waits” have encouraged young people to abstain from sexual activity. As part of these programs, young people are encouraged to make a verbal or written pledge to abstain from sex until marriage. Young women who take a virginity pledge are about 40 percent less likely to have a child out-of-wedlock when compared to  similar young women who do not make pledges, according to recently released data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. These dramatic findings are valid even when background factors such as socio-economic status, race, religiosity, and other relevant variables are held constant."

Negative Congressional Hearing Will Show Abstinence Education Has Positive Effects.
"Dr. Stan Weed to reveal abstinence education can reduce teen sex by 50-percent.  "Not only do Dr. Weed's studies provide proof that abstinence education is the best health message for teens," said Valerie Huber, Executive Director, NAEA, "but he will reveal compelling research that shows so-called comprehensive sex education has little evidence of success.""

Studies Reveal Abstinence Education Programs Delay and Reduce Sexual Activity in Teens
"Research continues to support success of abstinence education, Washington, DC (April 22, 2008).  Today at the National Press Club researchers Christine Kim and Robert Rector from The Heritage Foundation revealed a comprehensive review of 21 studies on abstinence education and its effectiveness. The research concludes that students who received abstinence education had lower rates of sexual activity when compared to youth who did not receive abstinence training."

Does AP Stand for ‘Anti-Abstinence Propaganda?’
"Associated Press slams abstinence-only education as Congress considers funding. Before digging further into the bias there are a couple of things – just a couple – that AP reporter H. Josef Hebert did right.  First, he identifies the author of the study, Douglas Kirby, as a researcher for ETR Associates, and acknowledges that ETR is a leading developer and marketer of several of the comprehensive sex education curricula reviewed in Kirby’s report.  Hebert also acknowledges that several earlier studies reviewed in Kirby’s report were written by Kirby himself.  "

Abstinence-only education policies and programs: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Abstinence from sexual intercourse represents a healthy choice for teenagers, as teenagers face considerable risk to their reproductive health from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

More Evidence of the Effectiveness of Abstinence Education Programs
A new study by Dr. Robert Lerner published in the Institute for Youth Development’s peer-reviewed journal Adolescent & Family Health bolsters the case for the effectiveness of abstinence programs in reducing teens’ high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity, smoking, and alcohol and drug use. The study evaluates the effectiveness of the Best Friends abstinence education program and finds that students in it are significantly less likely than their peers to engage in any of these high-risk behaviors.

“Abstinence” or “Comprehensive” Sex Education? The Institute for Research and Evaluation, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 8, 2007
We have found that well-designed and well-implemented abstinence education programs can reduce teen sexual activity by as much as one half for periods of one to two years.