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Abstinence only education is really just about witholding information. It's a system only an ignoramus could love. Even the most conservative thinker can't really object to the dissemination of information that prepares young adults for the decisions they are to make, even if obstensibly those decisions will only come after marriage.
It's scary to see a huge state held hostage by a small group of people with the emotional maturity of 6-year-olds who go around clutching their ears and saying, "Na na na na na! I don't want to hear anything about sex!"