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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The younger generation is having less sex despite abstinence only education, not because of it. We have multiple studies showing "abstinence only" education is one of the worst ways to prevent teen pregnancy, yet religious conservatives continue to push for this because they would rather control women than lower teen pregnancy.

[–] anomandrake 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may still be right but this actually doesn't prove what you're saying. Abstinence only education having more pregnancies can't be used alone to indicate if underlying rates of sexual encounters is higher or lower without also knowing other information like rates of condom useage. It can still be the case that rates are lower, but the encounters that are happening are less informed and more risky.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can tell you haven't researched this at all, because that's one of the first data dimensions controlled for. Random first google result https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5690810/