Birth Control Lessons Withheld From Sex Ed Classes

A new study released today by the CDC finds that as many as one third of students do not receive birth control information during sex education classes.  While 97 percent of high school students have received some form of formal sex education class, 62 percent of boys and 70 percent of girls report being taught about condoms and other forms of birth control.  Interestingly, 92 percent of students were taught about STDs, and 87 percent of boys and 81 percent of girls were taught how to say no or abstain from sex.

The study found the main reason for this misinformation was because the Bush Administration had a thing for funding religious based, abstinence only programs to educate our children.  These programs have been proven to be ineffective at best.  Since the Obama Administration has been in place, funds have been redirected toward programs that teach both abstinence and how to use birth control.   

Studies show that after years of steady declines, the birth rate among teens rose between 2005 and 2007, only to dip in 2008, after new comprehensive based sex education programs came into existence.