D#6, HW#7, CH.5 Paraprhasing Your Source

From the same article by Heather Boonstra....

"Research has demonstrated that program interventions that urge teens to postpone having intercourse but also discuss contraception can be effective in helping teens delay sexual activity and increase contraceptive use when they do become sexually active. At the same time, most abstinence-only programs and strategies have not been proven effective in delaying teens' sexual initiation or in reducing the frequency of intercourse and number of sex partners. Indeed, recent evidence suggests that these programs and strategies--including virginity pledges, which have been shown to help some teenage girls postpone intercourse for up to 18 months--may actually increase young people's risk of pregnancy and disease by deterring the use of contraceptives, including condoms, when they become sexually active."

PARAPHRASE:

Research has illustrated that programs that promote abstinence, but also include information about contraceptives can be very effective in preventing teen pregnancies. Abstinence-only sex education programs have not shown results of preventing teen pregnancy; on the contrary they may actually be increasing the likelihood of teen pregnancy and STD spread because of the lack of information given about having sex and using contraceptives.