Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Things About Abstinence Education the Left Hates

"Why does abstinence education come under unending, if completely uninformed, attack?"

That's the question asked by the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector in this brief but very effective NRO article.

The answers include the fact that abstinence programs are associated with George Bush and that, in itself, is like a red flag to bullish liberals.

But more important, Rector describes the three things about abstinence curricula that are the most despised (and feared) by the left's powerful sex-education lobby.

Check it out.