Abstinence vows don’t mean much study shows

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Teenagers who take vows to hold off sex until marriage don’t actually follow through with those vows. In addition, they are also less likely to use a condom or birth control, according to a federal study.

In the study done they have found that more than half of all teens become sexually active whether they have taken vows to wait until marriage before sex. The study shows the that non-pledgers are more likely to use protection, whereas the pledged counterparts are not. The reason for this could be the fact they haven’t been exposed to as much sexual education due to their religious backgrounds, therefore they are less educated on the proper precautions to take whilst engaging is sexual activities.

This study was done to see exactly how effective abstinence programs really are. According to reports, the new administration might actually reconsider spending so much money on these programs after such lackluster findings on their effectiveness.