Teen abstinence: time magazine feature.(contraceptive expert develops sex ed curriculum promoting sexual abstinence)
Catholic Insight, January, 2003 by Ferrari, Jeanne
New York -- In an October 7, 2002 article, an "RX for Teen Sex," Time magazine featured a story about Dr. Patricia Sulak, an obstetrician-gynaecologist from Texas, considered to be a highly respected contraceptive expert. She has devoted the past ten years to researching the birth control pill.
Sex education examined
Seven years ago, Dr. Sulak, who is also a professor at Texas A & M University's College of Medicine, was asked to help choose a sex ed program for her son's middle school. When she examined the available curricula, she found them steeped in ideology and full of medical errors. She was so appalled at the "scientific misinformation" they contained that she set Out to completely rewrite the course; in the process, she began to promote...
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