Every child can be a wanted child.
Seldom is this twentieth century miracle, this new human freedom, central to our thinking and talking about sexuality or contraception. But, as we know all too well, the nation s unplanned pregnancy rate of almost 50 percent reveals we have yet to make this miracle come true. The manual eschewed the common educational procedure that describes the pros and cons of each contraceptive method without addressing the social, psychological, and economic factors that impact contraceptive use. In 2000, a third edition of this manual continues to provide learning experiences that encourage conscious sexual decision-making and integrate contraceptive use into an ideology of love, relationships, and sexuality. But in school districts across the nation, curricula developed by the Religious Right promote abstinence until marriage as the only responsible choice.