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Abstinence is encouraged, as is use of protection to prevent sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy if and when one does decide to have sex.
Adolescent Medicine 2010
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Abstinence is one of those options and may be the best for them, but its a personal decision.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - What About Abstinence Only Sex Education? 2007
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Abstinence is the best way to prevent teenage pregnancy, responded U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
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Abstinence is not a good thing, now that is unnatural and causes people todo extremely bad things how many priest cases of child rape have there been? children should be taught about safe-sex not something which may be of determent to be there mental health and well being
Think Progress » New Bush Policy: All Gays Should Be Celibate 2006
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Abstinence is the best way to prevent the disease, she argues.
Medpundit 2004
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Abstinence is the best way to prevent the disease, she argues.
Archive 2004-04-01 2004
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Abstinence is the cause of everyone’s problems and sex is the solution.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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Abstinence is a joke that even its preachers don’t follow?
Waldo Jaquith - President’s no-sex guy resigns in prostitution scandal. 2007
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Conservatives preach a sex-education program of Abstinence, which is not effective, by itself.
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First seen via First Draft, apparently the Freeway Blogger has started a satirical website called Abstinence Only.
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