When confronted with the data from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy that showed that the only programs proven to lower teen pregnancy rates included information about both contraception and abstinence,
an advisor to President Bush told reporters that the abstinence-only education (AOE) program would continue, because ____.
a. "Liberal values are corrupting today's youths."
b. "Values trump data."
c. "Sex is immoral and no sexual education program can change that."
d. "Those teens that are at risk for getting pregnant don't have the intelligence to understand comprehensive sexual education anyway."
ANS: B
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a. coming out b. leaving home c. accommodation d. assimilation
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a. standardized at the federal level for both public and private schools b. standardized at the federal level for public schools only c. covered by only a few public schools in the country with tremendous variations in the content and age at which it is taught to students d. covered in most public schools in the country but there are tremendous variations in the content and age at which it is taught to students
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A. The remnants of the broken hymen tissue obstruct vaginal delivery. B. The remnants of the broken hymen tissue lead to the tenting effect. C. The hymen tissue completely closes the vaginal opening. D. The hymen tissue is very thin and it breaks at puberty. E. The hymen tissue is absent and the body is unable to produce estrogen.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)