Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Just Say No
To sex. Yes, abstinence education is on the march!
It became nearly impossible for the Canton, Ohio, school board to ignore the unintended byproducts of its abstinence-only program when 13 percent [65 out of 490] of Timken High School's female student population became pregnant last year.
Yes, they've finally integrated birth control education into the curriculum. I'm not quite sure why when that abstinence program was working so well!