NationalCampaigntoPreventTeenandUnplannedPregnancy http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/16027/all en Does AP Stand for 'Anti-Abstinence Propaganda?' http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/does-ap-stand-anti-abstinence-propaganda <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kristen-fyfe">Kristen Fyfe</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >It feels like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Groundhog Day,</i> the movie.  </p> <br /> <p >Every time Congress takes up abstinence-only education programs, you can count on the media to trot out a story claiming abstinence-only education doesn't work.  They did it in <a href="http://cultureandmediainstitute.org/articles/2007/20070417102848.aspx" />April of this year</a> with the flawed Mathematica study and they're doing it again with a “new” study put out by the pleasantly-named National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/does-ap-stand-anti-abstinence-propaganda" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education abstinence AbstinenceClearinghouse AP DouglasKirby ETR Mathematica media NationalCampaigntoPreventTeenandUnplannedPregnancy Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0000 admin 27622 at http://archive2.mrc.org