Debating Abstinence Data

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In her opinion column "Abstaining on abstinence data" (Commentary, Monday), Mona Charen bitterly complains about the lack of press coverage given to a report evaluating the Best Friends Foundation's abstinence-only-until-marriage program, which was published recently in the conservative Journal of Adolescent and Family Health.

In her piece, Mrs. Charen questions why this research, which was conducted by a known conservative researcher and appeared in the journal of an ardent abstinence-only proponent, did not receive the same press attention as recent peer-reviewed research on virginity pledges conducted by two highly regarded scholars from Columbia and Yale universities and published in the respected Journal of Adolescent Health.

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Debating Abstinence Data

Mrs. Charen should be careful in what she wishes for. Th...

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