governor of ohio removes abstinence-only program from budget

The second article doesn't seem to contradict that claim, but it does support the opposition that says abstinence doesn't work in the long run.

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Statewide, teen pregnancy rates have dropped from 42.3 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 10 to 19 in 1997 to 33.1 in 2005.

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That would only be a 22% drop. So for the 51% figure to be accurate, there would have had to have been a 38% drop between 1993 and 1997. (67.5/1000 to 42.3/1000.) So even if the statistics are taken at face value, the rate of success seems, at best, to have had a strong early success, and to now be slowing.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

Little known fact about biology... a teenager will not become sexually aroused until they see two kids kissing on the Disney Channel. The human race came very close to extinction before the invention of cable TV, because our bodies refused to become sexually aroused before Lizzie McGuire told us it was okay.Especially in the teenage years which, as we all know, are like the hormonal equivalent of dumping a bucket of ice water on the nethers. No teenager has ever been aroused by, say, watching paint dry, or counting linoleum tiles.Edited by Dan Carroll, : for extra snark

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

What's your point? I wasn't saying anything about whether or not they should... only that they're going to want to, whether they're exposed to television or not. Yeah, that movie's a stirring insight into biology. I remember when I lost my virginity, and reality warped around me so that all my friends could run in and sing Age of Aquarius.That being said, I didn't say everyone loses their virginity the second they get horny. Only that the fact of being a teenager makes a person hornier than every episode of Lilo & Stitch combined (or whatever they're showing on the Disney Channel these days). Having been a teenager who had sex with other teenagers? Sure.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

Sweet internet Jesus, does that post need a different title.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

If you'll recall, what set off this entire line of argument was you responding to Percy's assertion that both boys and girls are enthusastic about putting a penis in a vagina.But as it happens, yes, you've now gone off on a tangent about the attitude one brings to sex. However, the monstrous cultural influences to which you point... such as kids kissing on the Disney Channel... are no less ridiculous, even with the goalposts moved.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

Aw, shucks.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert