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Sex Ed Classes Focus on Abstinence

By Wade Goodwyn

Published February 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Opposition to sex education in high school has galvanized and politically united conservatives. As a result, approximately one third of sex education classes being offered today teach abstinence only. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

Wade Goodwyn

Wade Goodwyn is an NPR National Desk Correspondent covering Texas and the surrounding states.

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