Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
I think the moral of the story is that fat kids who don't know how to use birth control are most likely to be found in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The outliers to your theory would be Nevada and New Mexico, which have high teen birth rates but only average obesity.
Not connected to Beskar's theory, but it looks like Utah's managing to outlie, too. At least I'm fairly sure we'd be on the abstinence-only program, and still with below-average teen pregnancies. Still trailing behind New England, though.

Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore
However, I do not believe that we should teach abstinence. I do not believe that less sex among teenagers is a goal at all, I believe sex is healthy and good for you, period. I believe we should teach the positives. And, we should teach people about respect for other peoples boundaries. The two go hand in hand IMO, sex is only good when it's done with respect for each other. Nobody should force, and nobody should feel forced.
There's a difference between teaching abstinence and abstinence-only education. Teaching abstinence as an option, along with its benefits and its drawbacks, would seem to go right along with your values of empowerment and choice. It should only be teaching that abstinence is the only option, or the only *right option, that would be a problem.

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