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Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens, Report Says
By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 2, 2004; Page A01

Many American youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only programs have been taught over the past three years that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, that half the gay male teenagers in the United States have tested positive for the AIDS virus, and that touching a person's genitals "can result in pregnancy," a congressional staff analysis has found.

Those and other assertions are examples of the "false, misleading, or distorted information" in the programs' teaching materials, said the analysis, released yesterday, which reviewed the curricula of more than a dozen projects aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.

Okay, don't the people who put these programs together realize how easy it is to find out the truth?

And I know, you don't think it's really a lie, you're just sending the message that premarital sex is dangerous and wrong. But when your message is sent by provable falsehoods, it sends the message that you're a damned liar.

And who is the father of lies? Don't you think there's a problem with something you can only achieve by lying?

Please say yes.