programs promoting abstinence i was joined by valerie huber executive director of the national abstinence education association take a look. well let's look at the facts the facts are first of all a virgin to the pledge is not the same as an abstinence program or what we like to call sexual risk avoidance programs if you look at the whole it is a very very generally abstinence and abstinence program is not to just say no message what you might not know is that this is a very holistic message that includes topics such as identifying a healthy relationship and escaping an unhealthy one understanding how to avoid contracting sexually transmitted disease. even information about contraception letting students know that although a use of a contraceptive or condoms in particular might reduce their risk for acquiring an s.t.d. it's not going to eliminate it so that's why the research shows we now have twenty five peer reviewed behavioral impact studies that show that abstinence programs that are taught the way that endorses and from a holistic approach the students are about half as likely to initiate sex. the student

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joining me now to talk more about this is valerie huber executive director of the national abstinence education association valery thank you so much for coming to the studio today so tens of millions of dollars each year spent on teaching kids not to have sex is this money well spent actually there's a sixteen to one funding disparity against abstinence education one dollar for abstinence for sixteen dollars for contraceptive based education and the research is showing as a report that was just released today shows that the evidence really is building for the effectiveness of abstinence education in the science base for so-called contraceptive sex is falling flat but you know i did a lot of research on this story and what i found was that study after study showed that these kinds of programs are not effective. journal in the journal of adolescent health virginity pledges i guess or some kind of a staple of abstinence only programs not only did teenagers fail did that reduce failed it failed to reduce s.t.d. rates but also when they got into. fact said they wouldn't seek help well let's look at the facts th