Thursday, December 02, 2004

Abstinence-only lies

From Slate today, via Debbie Gould:

> The Washington Post fronts a Democratic congressional study
> concluding that students in federally-funded abstinence courses are
> learning such, ah, facts as: HIV can be spread by sweat, touching of
> genitals can cause pregnancy, and abortion can lead to suicide. Of 13
> curricula examined, 11 had boo-boos or falsehoods, though "some" were
> only minor mistakes. (How many?)

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