Conservatives are always harping on government to end programs whose purpose is found to be either unnecessary, lacking success, or wasteful. Yet, those same conservatives have long supported a program which study after study has proven to be ineffective. Abstinence-Only Education has long been the mantra of this government and its conservative surrogates. That program has yielded no results and in the time it has been policy there have been numerous studies questioning its effectiveness.
A new study from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) indicates that the percentage of teenage girls with some form of STD has reached an astounding 25%.
A new study from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) indicates that the percentage of teenage girls with some form of STD has reached an astounding 25%.
A virus that causes cervical cancer - HPV - was the most common, followed by chlamydia, trichomoniasis and herpes.
The CDC says the study is the first in its kind to examine the prevalence of common sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent girls.
With rates like this on the rise coupled with news that the rates of syphilis have risen for the seventh year in a row, how much more evidence does the right need in order to recognize that abstinence only doesn't work?
H/T TIME Magazine:
CECILE RICHARDS
The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure, and teenage girls are paying the real price.
president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, on new findings that one in four girls is infected with an STD
