Is 'abstinence only' a hollow principle in the fight against AIDS?
POLITICS.
Pankaj Goswami.
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# $50bn bill approved by US house appears to deliver a defeat to one of the beliefs of Bush and social conservatives, that abstinence programmes be at the forefront of the fight against Aids.
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# Governments in the US have poured millions of dollars into abstinence-only sex "education" programmes including Bush's first Aids initiative, which called for $15bn over five years and a third of all funds go towards abstinence programmes.
# New research published in the April issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health indicates that abstinence programmes work significantly less well than comprehensive sex education.
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