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"I believe building a culture of life in our country also means promoting adoption and teaching teen abstinence, funding crisis pregnancy programs and supporting the work of faith-based groups," George W. BushLifeWay: Bush Thanks Southern Baptists (June 13, 2007)
"Kids who are engaging in oral sex or anal sex will tell you they are practicing abstinence because they haven't had 'real sex' yet," Deborah Roffman, author of Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide to Talking Sense About SexWashington Post: Teen Pledges Barely Cut STD Rates, Study Says (March 19, 2005)
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2008 study finds sex pledges likely to delay average age of sexual activity to age 21 (average normal age 17), rather than delay until marriageCNN.com: Virginity pledges don't mean much, study says (December 30, 2008)
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Critics of the pledges worry that teens won't know how to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnanciesWashington Post: Teen Pledges Barely Cut STD Rates, Study Says (March 19, 2005)
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