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abstinence only en · NOUN

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  1. (uncountable) A form of sex education that advocates only abstinence as a means to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
    • Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas specify the teaching of abstinence only until marriage. 2002, Larry D. Burlew, Dave Capuzzi, Sexuality Counseling, page 75:
    • Not only was the federal government encouraging abstinence only; […]. 2003, Judith Levine, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex, page 101:
    • […] directly to organizations that teach abstinence only without going through the states. 2006, David Cooper, Broken America, page 182:
    • Programs have been developed that either advocate abstinence only […] or abstinence-plus […]. 2002, Marysol Asencio, Sex and Sexuality Among New York's Puerto Rican Youth, page 149: