| United States
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| | programme is Healthy Respect which
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| Almost 60% of adults think that sexually
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| | focuses not only on the biological
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| active teenagers should have easy access
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| | aspects of reproduction but also on
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| to contraception.[2] A 1997 study found
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| | relationships and emotions. Education
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| that about 48% of high school students
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| | about contraception and sexually
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| are sexually active.
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| | transmitted diseases are included in the
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| Some advocates, including President
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| | programme as a way of encouraging good
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| George W. Bush, have successfully worked
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| | sexual health. In response to a refusal
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| toward the introduction of
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| | by Catholic schools to commit to the
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| "abstinence-only" curricula. Under such
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| | programme, however, a seperate sex
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| instruction, teens are told that they
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| | education programme has been developed
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| should be sexually abstinent until
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| | for use in those schools. Funded by the
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| marriage, and information about
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| | Scottish Executive, the programme Call to
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| contraception is not provided. Opponents
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| | Love focuses on encouraging children to
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| argue this approach denies teens needed,
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| | delay sex until marriage, and does not
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| factual information and leads to unwanted
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| | cover contraception, and as such is a
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| pregnancies, abortions, and propagation
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| | form of abstinence only sex education.
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| of STDs.
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| | In France, sex education has been part of
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| Some curricula are advocated on the
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| | school curricula since 1973. Schools are
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| grounds that they are intended to reduce
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| | expected to provide 30 to 40 hours of sex
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| sexual disease or out-of-wedlock or
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| | education, and pass out condoms, to
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| teenage pregnancy, but no abstinence-only
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| | students in grades eight and nine. In
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| program has ever been shown to reduce
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| | January 2000, the French government
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| teen sexual activity, pregnancy, or STDs.
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| | launched an information campaign on
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| A curriculum ostensibly aimed at reducing
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| | contraception with TV and radio spots and
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| pregnancy among high school students,
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| | the distribution of five million leaflets
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| which advocates the use of condoms, could
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| | on contraception to high school students.
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| potentially lower the pregnancy rate.
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| | Subsidised by the Dutch government, the
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| Proponents of this view argue that sexual
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| | “Lang leve de liefde” (“Long Live
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| behaviour after puberty is a given, and
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| | Love”) package, developed in the late
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| it is therefore crucial to provide
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| | 1980s, aims to give teenagers the skills
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| information about the risks and how they
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| | to take their own decisions regarding
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| can be minimized. They hold that
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| | health and sexuality. Nearly all
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| conventional or conservative moralizing
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| | secondary schools provide sex education
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| will only alienate students and thus
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| | as part of biology classes and over half
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| weaken the message.
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| | of primary schools discuss sexuality and
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| In turn, opponents of comprehensive
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| | contraception. The curriculum focuses on
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| sexuality education object that curricula
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| | biological aspects of reproduction as
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| which fail to teach moral behaviour
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| | well as on values, attitudes,
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| actually serve to prevent adolescents
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| | communication and negotiation skills. The
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| from making informed decisions; they
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| | media has encouraged open dialogue and
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| maintain that curricula should include
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| | the health-care system guarantees
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| the claim that conventional (or
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| | confidentiality and a non-judgmental
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| conservative) morality is "healthy and
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| | approach. The Netherlands has one of the
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| constructive", and that value-free
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| | lowest teenage pregnancy rates in the
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| knowledge of the body may lead to
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| | world, and the Dutch approach is often
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| immoral, unhealthy and harmful practices.
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| | seen as a model for other countries. [4]
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| In December of 2004 Henry A. Waxman, a
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| | Asia
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| United States Congressman from
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| | The state of sex education programs in
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| California, released a report that
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| | Asia is at various stages of development.
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| provides several examples of inaccurate
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| | Indonesia, Mongolia, South Korea and Sri
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| information being included in federally
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| | Lanka have a systematic policy framework
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| funded abstinence-only sex education
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| | for teaching about sex within schools.
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| programs. This report bolstered the
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| | Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
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| claims of those Americans arguing that
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| | have assessed adolescent reproductive
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| abstinence-only programs deprive
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| | health needs with a view to developing
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| teenagers of critical information.
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| | adolescent-specific training, messages
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| The August 29/September 5, 2005, issue of
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| | and materials. India has programs
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| The Nation reported that money from the
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| | specifically aimed at female adolescents.
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| Federal Government used to create high
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| | Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan
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| school abstinence clubs was being used to
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| | have no coordinated sex education
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| train "young abstinence advocates", who
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| | programs.
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| were being encouraged to engage in
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| | The International Planned Parenthood
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| politics and support issues like
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| | Federation and the BBC World Service ran
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| overturning abortion. The article states
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| | a 12-part series known as Sexwise, which
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| that although the program's official
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| | discussed sex education, family life
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| language has been secularized, a list of
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| | education, contraception and parenting.
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| its grant recipients "reads like a who's
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| | It was first launched in South Asia and
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| who list of the religious right."
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| | then extended worldwide.
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| Europe
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| | Africa
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| In the United Kingdom, sex education is
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| | Sex education in Africa has focused on
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| compulsory in secondary school, but
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| | stemming the growing AIDS epidemic. Most
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| parents have the right to withdraw their
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| | governments in the region have
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| children from lessons. The curriculum
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| | established AIDS education programs in
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| focuses on the reproductive system, fetal
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| | partnership with the World Health
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| development, and the physical and
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| | Organization and international NGOs.
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| emotional changes of adolescence, while
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| | These programmes commonly teach the 'ABC'
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| information about contraception and safe
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| | of HIV prevention: a combination of
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| sex is discretionary. Britain has the
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| | abstinence (A), fidelity to your partner
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| highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe
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| | (Be faithful) and condom use (C). (See
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| and sex education is a heated issue in
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| | Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom.)
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| government and media reports. In a 2000
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| | The efforts of these educational
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| study by the University of Brighton, many
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| | campaigns appear now to be bearing fruit.
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| 14 to 15 year olds reported
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| | In Uganda, condom use has increased,
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| disappointment with the content of sex
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| | youths are delaying the age at which
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| education lessons and felt that lack of
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| | sexual intercourse first occurs, and
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| confidentiality prevents teenagers from
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| | overall rates of HIV infection have been
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| asking teachers about contraception. [3].
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| | going down.
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| In Scotland, the main sex education
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