Fisanick, Christina ed.

Do abstinence programs work? / Christina Fisanick, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010. - 120 p. ; 23 cm. - At issue. Teen issues. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Parents should educate their teens about sex / Naomi Schaefer Riley -- Schools should educate teens about sex / Peter Cumper -- Abstinence-only education violates students' rights / American Civil Liberties Union -- Comprehensive sex education is inappropriate and harmful / National Abstinence Education Association -- Abstinence-only programs delay teen sex / The Institute for Research and Evaluation -- Abstinence-only programs do not delay teen sex / Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. -- Comprehensive sex education does not delay teen sex / The Administration for Children and Families and Department of Health and Human Services -- Abstinence-only education prevents teen pregnancies / Paul Weyrich -- Abstinence-only education does not prevent teen pregnancies / Cynthia Dailard -- Sex education is more effective than abstinence-only education / Simon Forrest -- Abstinence-only education is more effective than sex education / Douglas A. Sylva.

ISBN: 0737742917 (pbk.) 9780737742923 (hardcover) 0737742925 (hardcover) 9780737742916 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009027201

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Youth
Sexual abstinence.
Sex instruction for teenagers.
debates

LC Class. No.: HQ27 / .D69 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 306.73/208350973