Monday, October 08, 2007

The Clown Launches National Ad Campaign Promoting Abstinence



I wonder if Jen and Tonic have abided by the ad campaign...

From Thinkprogress:

4parents.gov is a government website run by the Department of Health and Human Services that is meant to provide parents with “information” to help “teens make healthy choices.”
But this “information” is not grounded in science. A recent federal report concluded that abstinence-only programs have had “
no impacts on rates of sexual abstinence.” Yet the latest public service announcement by 4parents.gov “encourages parents to talk with their kids about waiting to have sex.”
In the ad, various children say that they want their parents to talk to them about sex and tell them to “wait.” Near the end, the narrator says, “Tell your kids you want them to wait ’til they’re married to have sex.”

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