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The Sex Education Debate

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U.S. sex education divides into abstinence-focused and comprehensive programs; this course reports the dispute and what the evidence reviewed in the anchor shows.

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Abstinence advocates favor delay as surest prevention; comprehensive advocates favor covering contraception, and studies reviewed in the anchor find it more effective at reducing unintended pregnancy.

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Do not read prevalence as effectiveness — commonality and effectiveness are separate questions.

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