A recent study (Trenholm et al., 2007) found that sex education programs that teach only abstinence
a. dramatically reduce teen pregnancy rates.
b. have no effect on teen pregnancy rates.
c. increase contraceptive use among teens.
d. reduce teen pregnancy rates among younger adolescents, but have no effect on the pregnancy rates of olderadolescents.
Answer: b. have no effect on teen pregnancy rates.
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