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Article: Can kids really just say no?
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2009
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We all can agree that no 13-year-old should be having sex.
If a girl that young is having sex, there's a significant chance
that what's going on is rape. That's because there's a significant
chance this girl's partner is an adult. Yup; it's rape even if the
sex is "consensual."
A 13-year-old can't consent.
But a number of children, some even younger than 13, are not only
having sex, they're having babies. So should there be a greater push
for abstinence?
Rosalie Manor Community & Family Services in Milwaukee has been
using an abstinence curriculum for decades and believes it works.
A program manager at the nonprofit told me that a curriculum
focused on abstinence in Milwaukee Public Schools, ...