Abstinence Clearinghouse

Mixing the Message
by Janet Aspen
[11.4.2005]

Stand up for what's right and don't mix the message, it confuses kids. It's not hard to stick to principles. We have zero tolerance for drugs, alcohol and bullying, why not sex?

It's funny that some "abstinence educators" are in this business for the wrong reasons,the money. I say it's funny because if contraceptive education is being funded 12:1 in relation to abstinence education, you'd think they would just go for the contraceptive education.

Instead, they write grants for abstinence funding and promote birth control for unmarried people and condoms. They mix the true abstinence educator's message.