Planned Parenthood Of Arizona fights abstinence program

Arizona Republic | 12/14/03 | Doug MacEachern

[Az Joe]

"(Planned Parenthood) object to the contention that an abstinence-only program supported by state Rep. Mark Anderson, R-Mesa, is successful. They claim that in a desperate attempt to dredge up financing for abstinence programs that Gov. Janet Napolitano gleefully axed from the state budget in June, Anderson has cooked the books on their rate of success.

A Department of Health Services study has found that about 95 percent of teens who entered the program as virgins stayed that way, and that attitudes supportive of avoiding sex generally have improved among the kids." ---------------------------------------------------- Editor's note: A new voice joins Republic columnists Robert Robb and O. Ricardo Pimentel on the Opinions page today: Doug MacEachern. MacEachern, a Republic editorial writer who has lived in Phoenix for more than 20 years, will provide a perspective every Sunday that is sharp, passionate and, in his words, "solidly levelheaded, which is to say, conservative."

[Az Joe]

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1214maceachern14.html

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Of course Planned Parenthood opposes abstinence. Reduces the number of customers.

[Houmatt]

Well of course Planned Parenthood is against abstinence based sex education. If kids waited until marriage to have sex, the teenage abortion market would dry right up. And in order for Planned Parenthood to survive, they have to keep getting their blood money, by any means necessary.

[CounterCounterCulture]

"(Planned Parenthood) object to the contention that an abstinence-only program supported by state Rep. Mark Anderson, R-Mesa, is successful."

Abstenence works 100% of the time it is used.

Of course Planned Parenthood only cares about money and power. Everything else is expendable.

[buffyt]

Abstinence works 100% of the time. Other birth control methods do not work 100% of the time. Plus, abstinence has the added benefit of not causing AIDS and other STDs.