Government Should Abstain from Abstinence

You know that old line from the song "Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it." Well, surprise, surprise, teenagers also do it. In fact, they do it even if they've been through a federally funded abstinence program. They do it just as much, they have just as many partners, and they start doing it at the same age as those who never had any training. In short, abstinence training does, to borrow from the late, grate Mr. Vonnegut, DIDDLY SQUAT. All this information comes from a congressionally ordered study on the effects of abstinence programs. The Monkey Butt administration reminds us not make any "sweeping generalizations" about these findings because the program delivery, not the message, is probably at fault. Yeah right, and I'm the queen of the Amazons. Now perhaps we could look into a similar study on the efficacy of the DARE program.