• The Zogby study found that once parents understand what abstinence education actually teaches, six out of 10 parents would rather their child receive abstinence education over comprehensive sex education.
  • Only three out of 10 prefer the latter.
• Two out of three parents think that the importance of the "wait to have sex" message ends up being lost when programs demonstrate and encourage the use of contraception.
• Over half of parents think that promoting and demonstrating condom usage encourages sexual activity. 
  • Eighty percent think teens will not use a condom every single time.
• Six out of 10 parents think more government funding should be given to abstinence education over comprehensive sex education while only two out of 10 want more funding for the latter.
• Ninety percent of parents think teens should be taught how often condoms fail to prevent pregnancy based upon typical use as well as the limitations of condoms in preventing specific STDs.
• Eight in 10 parents support the core teaching components of abstinence education such as the benefits of renewed abstinence to sexually experienced students, developing healthy relationships to improve their chances for a healthy future marriage, and increasing self-worth and self-control as methods for reducing premarital sexual activity.

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