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Article: It's time to revise way U.S. teaches sex education.(Columns)(Column)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 25, 2002
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Byline: BEN DAKE, GREG FLINT and MARY GOSSART For The Register-Guard
CHRIS STOLLAR and Genevieve LaBahn performed a valuable service in the 20Below feature, "Sex and Morals: Should schools adopt the European model of sex education?" (Register-Guard, Feb. 11). It's high time we take a serious look at doing things differently, given that the United States has among the highest rates of unintended pregnancy, birth and abortion in the developed world for young women ages 15 to 19.
To offer more clarity, we want to correct some statements that were inaccurate and highlight points of the European experience that were not explored.
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