
That's been a subject of some recent debate, especially considering that President Barack Obama is expected to support eliminating federal funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs aimed at teens.
To hear it told, abstinence-only programs simply don't work.
Scott Alessi gets to the bottom of that claim in the March 1 issue of OSV. Doug Kirby, one of the leading researchers in the field of abstinence education and teen sexual behavior, identifies for OSV the key elements of successful programs. Read the story here.