In Washington, D. C., there is an average of twenty to seventy girls becoming pregnant in a group of four hundred. Of those involved in this program, that number has been reduced to one. Postponing Sexual Involvement . Research has indicated that those involved in this program at Emory University are less likely to be sexually active than those not in the program. Participants in this program had more abstinent attitudes that those not in the program.
Abstinence education works.
Unfortunately, it is not perfect. This is true. But, given the sexual rampage that has swept our nation, our young people need to be warned. They need to know the truth - the dangers, the expenses, the pain, and the immorality of premarital sex. The statistics indicate that sexual education in the home is not happening at a satisfactory level.