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Parents should educate their teens about sex / Naomi Schaefer Riley -- Schools should educate teens about sex / Peter Cumper -- Abstinence-only education violates students' rights / American Civil Liberties Union -- Comprehensive sex education is inappropriate and harmful / National Abstinence Education Association -- Abstinence-only programs delay teen sex / The Institute for Research and Evaluation -- Abstinence-only programs do not delay teen sex / Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. -- Comprehensive sex education does not delay teen sex / The Administration for Children and Families and Department of Health and Human Services -- Abstinence-only education prevents teen pregnancies / Paul Weyrich -- Abstinence-only education does not prevent teen pregnancies / Cynthia Dailard -- Sex education is more effective than abstinence-only education / Simon Forrest -- Abstinence-only education is more effective than sex education / Douglas A. Sylva.