Publication Year
2004
Abstract
ABSTINENCE-ONLY AND abstinence-only-until-marriage education programs, ostensibly designed to prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease ("STD") infection, are a waste of valuable public health resources of both time and money.' These ideologically based interventions interfere with serious, effective public health education and must be dismantled. Not only are abstinence-only programs ineffective for their intended purpose, they are dangerous in that they fail to protect our nation's youth against serious and potentially deadly diseases. Furthermore, these programs unconstitutionally violate both the Establishment Clause and the unconstitutional conditions doctrine.
Recommended Citation
McGrath, James
(2004)
"Abstinence-Only Adolescent Education: Ineffective, Unpopular, and Unconstitutional,"
University of San Francisco Law Review: Vol. 38:
Iss.
4, Article 2.
Available at:
https://repository.usfca.edu/usflawreview/vol38/iss4/2
