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Example sentences for: abstinence

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In suburban Virginia, for instance, the advice tends towards abstinence.
When Russert reads a Naomi Wolf quote advocating that sex education instructors promote fondling and mutual masturbation as an alternative to sex, Bush says Wolf's advice is "pathetic," says condom promotion hasn't decreased teen pregnancy rates, and advocates teaching abstinence.
Parents can choose between the traditional sex-ed curriculum and the new abstinence one.
The Social Health Association provides, through its own teachers, age-appropriate, abstinence based, in-school programming in three different areas: human growth and development; AIDS and STD education; and life skills (conflict resolution, peer pressure, decision-making).
America graduated from a "culture of toil, sacrifice, saving, and abstinence" to a "culture of consumption, lifestyle, and quality of life."