abstinence only

English

Noun

abstinence only (uncountable)

1. A form of sex education that advocates only abstinence as a means to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
   • 2002, Marysol Asencio, Sex and Sexuality Among New York's Puerto Rican Youth‎^[1], page 149:

     Programs have been developed that either advocate abstinence only […] or abstinence-plus […].

   • 2002, Larry D. Burlew, Dave Capuzzi, Sexuality Counseling‎^[2], page 75:

     Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas specify the teaching of abstinence only until marriage.

   • 2003, Judith Levine, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex‎^[3], page 101:

     Not only was the federal government encouraging abstinence only; […].

   • 2006, David Cooper, Broken America‎^[4], page 182:

     […] directly to organizations that teach abstinence only without going through the states.