Sexually transmitted disease rates the same for abstinent teens as the rest of the population later in life [1]: Adults who as teens pledged to stay virgins until marriage have the same STD rates as adults who did not. The main reason? The pledged virgins rarely use condoms when they became sexually active:
"It's difficult to simultaneously prepare for sex and say you're not going to have sex," said Peter Bearman, the chair of Columbia University's Department of Sociology, who co-authored the study with Hannah Bruckner of Yale.
"The message is really simple: 'Just say no' may work in the short term but doesn't work in the long term."
Thanks to John, my amateur public health official, for the link.
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