Action4Canada - August 15, 2025


Abstinence Education has Better Outcomes


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

107.02818

Word Count

200

Sentence Count

36


Summary

There is a high rate, a very high rate of harm, due to the CSE. This is an actual study, a report that has been done. In the conclusion, when measured by credible criteria derived from the field of prevention research, a database containing 103 of the strongest and most recent CSE studies vetted for research quality by three reputed scientific agencies, UNESCO, CDC, and HHS, showed little evidence of CSE effectiveness in schools settings and a concerning number of negative effects.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 there is a high rate, a very high rate of harm due to the CSE.
00:00:08.660 This is an actual study, a report that has been done.
00:00:12.640 In the conclusion, when measured by credible criteria derived from the field of prevention research,
00:00:20.140 a database containing 103 of the strongest and most recent CSE studies
00:00:25.680 vetted for research quality by three reputed scientific agencies, UNESCO, CDC, and HHS,
00:00:34.240 showed little evidence of CSE effectiveness in schools settings and a concerning number of negative effects.
00:00:42.520 Let that sink in.
00:00:44.440 UNESCO, the UN, the CDC, HHS, and the U.S. all have said a concerning number of negative effects
00:00:52.480 where there was some positive evidence, nearly all of it was produced by the program's developers
00:00:59.360 and had not been replicated.
00:01:01.900 When applying the same standards of effectiveness to AE, which is abstinence, in U.S. schools,
00:01:08.240 the evidence, though limited, was more independent and looked more promising enough
00:01:13.380 to justify funding additional abstinent research and the courses.
00:01:19.060 And of course, that's what we've been saying.
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