Should abstinence only sex ed get federal funding?

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From Vox:

Alice Dreger, a professor of medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University, has written about the importance of honesty in sex education. So when she learned that her son's health class was abstinence-only, she went to see what they were being taught.

Her son let her join him in class, where she sat at the back of the room and live-tweeted the proceedings:

Alice Dreger @AliceDreger
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The whole lesson here is "sex is part of a terrible lifestyle. Drugs, unemployment, failure to finish school -- sex is part of the disaster"
6:21 AM - 15 Apr 2015

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"You'll find a good girl. If you find one that says 'no,' that's the one you want." HE ACTUALLY JUST SAID THAT.
6:34 AM - 15 Apr 2015
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Now the woman is up. "Sometimes condoms fail."
6:36 AM - 15 Apr 2015
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She's now telling story of condom box in which EVERY SINGLE CONDOM HAD A HOLE.
6:40 AM - 15 Apr 2015
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"We are going to roll this dice 8 times. Every time your number comes up, in pretend your condom failed and you get a paper baby." JESUS!!!
6:44 AM - 15 Apr 2015
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Paper babies are being handed out to EVERYONE. They have ALL HAD CONDOM FAILURE AND THE WHOLE CLASS IS PREGNANT.
6:46 AM - 15 Apr 2015
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The federal government spent $1.3 billion on abstinence-only sex education between 1996 and 2009, even though a federally funded study in 2007 found the approach had no effect on when students started having sex, whether they had safe sex, or how many partners they had.

Congress just voted to extend funding for the program through 2017.

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It has been proven over and over again that abstinence only education doesn't work. Why are public schools still teaching it- and giving blatantly incorrect info? The people who support are probably the same people who villainize abortion and single/teen parents.

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And this is why my children's sex education started at home as soon as they had the comprehension to hold a conversation about their bodies.

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Sexual education should teach about abstinence, as well as responsible and safe sex(this includes precautions that non-heterosexual people can use as well), contraception, sexuality, the difference between gender and sex, anatomy, sexually transmitted infections and diseases, and CONSENT.

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This is essentially what abstinence only sex ed is:

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I would prefer not to fund wholly ineffective programs.

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Abstinence only sex ed DOES NOT WORK! So why is it still a thing that is happening?!

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I had abstinence only education as my sex ed. Needless to say, the only thing I did know about sex is that 'it's an awful sin and that you'll get pregnant and every STD'. By the middle of the year next year, 4 girls in that freshman class were pregnant.
I ended up teaching myself later on in life by going online. xD

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The abstinence based programs are crap. I was never taught about STD prevention or proper use of birth control, I was shown some nasty pictures and a video about teen parents and told "the only 100% is abstinence"
I went into a homosexual sexual relationship without any knowledge of how to be safe, or about the risks. 
My school has a huge pregnancy rate.
There are guys at my school who think there is absolutely no way a girl can get pregnant if they pull out. I was actually attacked when I told some guys that pulling out wasn't an effective method of birth control. They proceeded to imply that I had never reached orgasm. I'm pretty sure they were under the impression that girls don't orgasm. 
There is an issue.

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I knew a girl growing up who's parents were VERY religious.

She was pulled out of every health class because her parents didn't want her "learning about sin". I still remember when she got her first period. She freaked and thought she was dying. She is now 26, with 3 children the oldest is 9.

She really didn't learn anything because she is now threatening to have her daughter pulled from health class.

The Ontario government just updated their sex education and I think it's awesome. It starts in first grade, but it only starts with proper naming and basic consent. (That NO means NO anywhere it is said.) it now goes into same sex relationships/marriage, transgender and a bunch of other things.

A lot of minority groups are causing a stink because they are not fully informed about what the changes include. They think these changes give children permission to have sex and masterbate, but that just isn't true.

These are the first changes in 17 years and it's a good thing.

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Obviously it's good to teach and suggest abstinence, but let's be real...some kids just aren't gonna listen and will laugh in your face. Which is why they should be taught to practice safe sex as well. What if they are only taught abstinence and nothing about safe sex and then go out there and have sex and end up pregnant or with an std? Then what good is only teaching abstinence doing?

Should abstinence only sex ed get federal funding?

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