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Does sex education that simply teaches abstinence work? A nine-year, $7 million research was funded by the US government to determine the efficacy of abstinence-only sex education programs. Students who receive abstinence education are encouraged to put off having sex until marriage. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs, the Bush administration helped construct hundreds of them across the country. According to the study, students who participated in programs teaching abstinence-only were equally likely to have premarital sex as those who did not. The advocates of education focused solely on abstinence should be disappointed by this. It begs the question of how best to instruct teenagers about sexual activity and its repercussions. I made the decision to consult some high school students, the "experts." For more information on Genesis Magazines, visit our website today. Most young people believe that sex education should not begin in high school. Children ...