Illinois Schools Lack Comprehensive Sex Education

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The study, commissioned by the** Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and Planned Parenthood**, was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Teens pregnancies were up in 2006 so they are seeking the aid of physicians.

The study’s co-author is Melissa Gilliam, associate professor and section chief of family planning and contraceptive research at the University of Chicago.

A study of sex education in Illinois public schools found that one out of three teachers did not meet a very forgiving definition of comprehensive instruction, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the February 2008 issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology…

Previous studies showed that nearly two-thirds of 12th graders have engaged in sexual intercourse,…

Although a recent study has called into question the effectiveness of abstinence-only sex education, the trend over the last ten years, supported by federal incentives, has been to emphasize abstinence and exclude information about contraception," said Lindau. “Given that a large number of young people are sexually active, we worry that such restrictive approaches leave students unprepared to prevent pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted diseases.”…

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[kubuck]

Is it just me, or does it seem that maybe if we spent more time teaching our kids to respect their bodies and each others, the value of human life, etc. the would be less inclined to check out the back seat of the Chevy? However, since so many seem so inclined to teach kids about birth control, let’s teach them the facts that these ‘pro-choice’ folks choose to ignore such as the fact that most forms of prescription birth control are in fact abortive and don’t always work to prevent ovulation just implantation or force menstruation even if conception has occurred. Maybe if they understood that they were actually aborting babies and they understood the value of life, we’d have less of an issue. But hey, what do I know. . …