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1. 05-08-09 Obama Replaces Abstinence-Only Education (ABC News)
   "Two $100 million programs from his predecessor's budget pushing abstinence only are casualties in President Obama's $3.55 trillion budget proposal."
   
   "The President is replacing them with $110 million 'for teenage pregnancy prevention programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation....'
   
   "A recent study in the journal Pediatrics indicated that teenagers who make "virginity pledges" to remain chaste until marriage are no less likely to engage in premarital sex but significantly less likely to use birth control."
   
   " 'Taking a pledge doesn't seem to make any difference at all in any sexual behavior,' Janet E. Rosenbaum of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health told the Washington Post. 'But it does seem to make a difference in condom use and other forms of birth control that is quite striking.' " 05-09

2. Abstinence

3. Effective Support of Abstinence (U.S. News)
   "The researchers identified eight personality and behavioral traits that were associated with both abstinence and academic achievement—traits that to some extent may be inborn but can also be taught and reinforced regularly at home and at school:"
   
   "Future orientation, with a focus on long-term goals"
   "Willingness to postpone current pleasures for larger future rewards"
   "Perseverance, as in the ability to stick to a task or commitment"
   "A belief that current behavior can positively affect the future"
   "Impulse control, including ability to control emotions and desires"
   Resistance to peer influence"
   "Respect for parental and social values"
   Sense of self-worth and personal dignity"
   
   "The right kind of sex education of our young is really about more than sex. It's about raising the kind of people we all want to be." Visitors sometimes misspell abstinence as abstinance.

4. Secrets of Successful Quitters of Smoking (U.S. News)
   "Research suggests that pairing medication with group, individual, or telephone counseling can boost abstinence rates by 40 to 70 percent over using either one alone. The 2008 guidelines recommend four or more counseling sessions of at least 10 minutes each; the longer and more intense the counseling, the better the result." 12-08

5. -Editorial: How to End the War Over Sex Education (Time.com)
   "Advocates will debate at top volume the merits of abstinence-only efforts vs. more comprehensive programs that also teach about birth control and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)."
   
   "These arguments miss the point. We now have a pretty good sense of which sex-education approaches work. Substantial research--including a 2007 Bush Administration report--has concluded that comprehensive programs are most effective at changing teen sexual behaviors. They are also largely uncontroversial outside Washington. Vast majorities of parents favor teaching comprehensive sex education." 03-09

6. Birth Control