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I applaud the Nov. 5 decision by the Texas Board of Education to approve the use of true abstinence sex-education textbooks in the state's public schools ("Texas school panel forces changes to books on health," Page 1, Saturday). The issue of abstinence sex education has sparked much controversy, not only in Texas but on a national level as well.
A common criticism in the media is that no studies exist to show that abstinence curricula stop teenagers from having sex. Untrue. A recently released study shows a true abstinence sex-education program called Choosing the Best reduced the initiation of sexual intercourse among ninth-graders in two Georgia counties by 26 percent in just one year. This is a huge feat when you consider that the national proportion of sexually active high-school students has declined by only 16 percent over the past decade.See the full content of this document
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Sex Education in Schools
Choosing the Best has been used by about 100,000 students in Texas since 1997. With the board's recent decision, I am eager to see more students learning from genu...
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