A long-awaited national study has concluded that abstinence-only sex education, a cornerstone of the Bush administration's social agenda, does not keep teenagers from having sex.
The federal government spends $176 million a year on abstinence-only education, and millions more are spent every year in state and local matching grants. Harry Wilson, a top official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said yesterday that the administration has no intention of changing funding priorities in light of the results.
An early analysis by...(Mathematica Policy Research Inc)...showed some attitude shifts toward delaying sex among students in the abstinence programs, but those differences disappeared as students got older.
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