Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque

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WHO WOULD TEACH ABSTINENCE GROUP IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO WHICH TOOK ITS CURICULUM INTO THE PUBLIC THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW THAT >>Narrator: NESTLED THE QUIET SUBURB OF TAYLOR WITH THEIR TEENAGE DAUGHTER, >>Narrator: WHILE IN THE 9TH TAUGHT BY OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS. OF WHAT SHE HEARD. >>Sarah Rodriguez: THEY TOLD SAID, CONDOMS DON'T WORK,

AND SO YOU ARE GOING TO GET >>Sarah Rodriguez: I DIDN'T >>Susan Rodriguez: WHEN WAS... I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO CARE NET AT 9 O'CLOCK AND I SAID, 'HELLO, WHO IS I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THEM I SAID, 'OH REALLY, WHAT KIND ORGANIZATION. >>Sarah Rodriguez: I SAID 'YOU SCHOOLS.' I SAID, 'NO KIDDING, >>Narrator: THE COURSE ALSO >>Sarah Rodriguez: ONE

TIPS AND ALL // THAT ABORTION IS VERY SCARY AND VERY BAD >>Susan Rodriguez: WHEN WE GOT COMPARED THAT TO HOW BABIES DAY THEY TALKED ABOUT THE BAD EFFECTS OF HAVING SEX BEFORE MIGHT, ONE OF THE DANGERS IS SUICIDE, PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS. YOU KNOW, ABSTINENCE PUSHED INTO HAVING SEX. BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS GROUP >>Narrator: SUSAN RODRIGUEZ AND BEGINS TO SPEAK.

>>Susan Rodriguez: AT HER SCHOOL, AND I HAD MOM, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING BABY KILLING.... >>Narrator: SO SUSAN RODRIGUEZ NERVE. >>Miguel Acosta, Albuquerque NOBODY ELSE WANTED TO GET THINGS THAT'S IT'S A LIGHTING OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. >>Narrator: ABSTINENCE-ONLY SCHOOLS IN ALBUQUERQUE. ACOSTA AT THE MISINFORMATION IN THE CURRICULUM, BUT ALSO >>Miguel Acosta, Albuquerque

THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THEIR OWN PRESENCE >>Miguel Acosta: SHAME BASED >> Narrator: MIGUEL ACOSTA'S COMPLAINTS MADE THE FRONT PAGE GOT INVOLVED, AND >>Miguel Acosta: FOLKS IN THESCHOOLS, THERE WAS LOTS >>Michelle Grisham, Secretary of Public Health: THERE IS ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION A MUCH BIGGER POLICY ISSUE DO WE FORGE AHEAD AND HOW DO OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>>Narrator: SECRETARY GRISHMAN SOME OF IT WAS INACCURATE. >>Michelle Grisham, Secretary CHART SHOWS YOU THAT STD RATES AND SO YOU THEN CONCLUDE THAT BECAUSE IT LED TO AN INCREASE IN SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED THINGS ARE NOT RELATED IN YOUR CURRICULUM TO SUGGEST OR HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. INFORMATION. >>Narrator: ADVOCATES EDENBURN IS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE ABSTINENCE CURRICULUM >>Laurel Cordova Edenburn:

OUR COMMITTEE REVIEWED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THIS WERE NO STATEMENTS OF FACT BY INDEPENDENT SOURCES. >>Narrator: CRITICS ADD THAT SEX EDUCATION. DAVID MAGRUDER IS EXECUTIVE CONTRACTOR THAT FOUND ITSELF CONTROVERSY. >>David Magruder, Director, SCRUTINIZED AND THEY'RE GONNA COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED PROGRAMS AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE YOUNG >>Narrator: VARIOUS HEADLINES

ABSTINENCE ED ADVOCATES SAY IN ALBUQUERQUE IN 2005 IS >>Dario Rodriguez, Sarah's Father: IT WAS MOSTLY FEAR, NOT HAVE SEX >>Laurel Cordova Edenburn: PEOPLE ARE SCAREMONGERS. THE FACTS,THIS IS WHAT IT'S A GOODCHOICE. >>Dario Rodriguez: THE EDUCATION THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR CHILDREN WITH THIS A PRESENTATION OF ALTERNATIVES >>Laurel Cordova Edenburn: WHEN I STARTED TEACHING, THEY ARE NOT MAKING FUN OF IT ITDOWN. THERE ARE SOME

EDUCATION, USUALLY >>Dario Rodriguez: THE ISSUE THAT WAS THE ONLY THING TO BE, ABSTINENT. >>Narrator: SOME 60 MILES WITH LESS CONTROVERSY. BETH IN SOCORRO COUNTY. HER PROGRAM IN FEDERAL ABSTINENCE MONEY. >>Beth Beers, RN, Project APPROACH. SO THAT WE BELIEVE IN TALKING ABOUT GOAL SETTING. GOAL SETTING IS TALKING ABOUT ABSTINENCE.

>>Narrator: THIS IS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE KIDS DEVELOP A PRESENTATION FAR FROM BEING NAIVE, MANY OF THESE KIDS HAVE FIRST HAND >>Yvette: MY MOM GOT PREGNANT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOM IS REALLY VERY GOOD. AND I KIND OF RAISED MY LITTLE SISTER WE LIVED IN ALBUQUERQUE. I HAD SISTER FROM 6TH GRADE ON. CAN GO BAD FROM MAKING BAD >>Richard: AT 14 I LOST

COMMITMENT AND THE THROUGH THIS EDUCATION THAT BACK. >>Yvette: IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS ACCOMPLISHED WHAT I'VE THE STUFF THAT I HAVE LEARNED TALK ABOUT CONDOMS. WE DON'T. >>Beth Beers: WE DON'T PROMOTE THE DISCUSSION OF CONDOMS COMES UP, WE DO TALK ABOUT FAILURE RATES // WE TELL PUT ON THE BLACKBOARD THE FIRST NAME AND THE NUMBER

OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE THEM TO KNOW THAT SHOULD QUESTIONS COME UP, THAT THERE ARE TRUSTED ADULTS AROUND THAT THEY CAN ALSO TALK TO.// A CONDOM REALLY DOESN'T REALLY >>Narrator: BACK INTO ITS OWNHANDS. THIS GROUP, FROM ALBUQERQUE'S TOUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS. >>Question: IS ANY >>YWU girls in unison:

NO-O-O-O-. LAUGHTER >>Question: WHY NOT? >>Sha'Von: BECAUSE, WELL A BIG JOKE, REALLY. >>Question: ARE FRIENDS >>Alicia: DEFINITELY. I KNOW HIGH SCHOOLS...MY BEST FRIEND 14 AND I WAS KINDA SURPRISED >>Alicia: SHE REALLY BELIEVED WHEN SHE WENTOUT WITH HER BOYFRIEND, THAT DID HAPPEN...AND SO, BASICALLY >>Question: WAS SHE PREPARED? >>Alicia: NO. >>Narrator: THE GIRLS ARE AT SCHOOL ABOUT SEX.

>>Roberta: I REALLY WANTED TO PUT ON A CONDOMAND BIRTH >>Ife: THEY DON'T TEACH >>Sha'Von: THEY JUST SAY >>Alicia: THEY TEACH US ABSTINENCE AND THAT'S >>Avicra: THE TEACHERS DIDN'T WAS TOO CONTROVERSIAL WOULDN'T ANSWER IT. >>Question: WHAT KING >>Avicra: LIKE WHICH CONDOM IS NEED TO HAVE CONDOMS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED >>Avicra: TEENAGERS ARE NOT THEY'RE GOINGTO SAY, OH WE CAN OUR OWN DECISIONS

FOR OURSELVES. >>Roberta: WHAT SHOULD BE >>Narrator: JUST LIKE BETH BEERS' ABSTINENCE GROUP IT'S A DIFFERENT MESSAGE. >>Kirby: I KNOW A BUNCH INFORMATION. I WANT TO BE THE PERSON TO SPREAD THE WORD >>Narrator: JOHNNY WILSON >>Johnny Wilson, Director, Planned Parenthood: I'M NOT I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO TELL

SOMEONE THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE THE ABSTINENCE ONLY PEOPLE TELL US THAT 'OH, IT'S A MIXED A CONDOM.' NO IT'S NOT. AT YOU, AND YOUR VALUE SYSTEM TO RESPECT THEM.' >>Narrator: AT THE LOCAL PROGRAMS WHICH STRESS CONDOM >>Dr. Bruce Trigg, Director STD Program, Dept of Public EFFECTIVE CONDOMS ARE. BECAUSE THIS MESSAGE IS BEING IMPOSED ONHUGE NUMBERS THAT'S RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER CONDOMS WORK. THE FAILURE RATES OF CONDOMS. AND DOWN PLAYING HOW EFFECTIVE

MOST PEOPLE COME TO MY CLINIC CONDOMS. THE REASON PEOPLE HAVE STDS IS NOT BECAUSE CONDOMS FAILED, IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T USE THEM. >>Dr. Bruce Trigg: SO WE'RE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND THAT'S FOR DISEASE CONTROL. THEYARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IF THEY ARE NO. NOTHING IS 100%, RIGHT. I MEAN SOME PEOPLE GET KILLED BY THEIR AIRBAGS ONLY" IS A CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ON AMERICA'S CHILDREN WITH 200 AND THIS IS REALLY SO THIS IS REALLY A MASSIVE

THE SEXUAL HABITS OF A VERY LARGE COUNTRY THAT'S VERY >>Narrator: SOCIAL ENGINEERING TEENAGERS ATTITUDES TOWARD SEX ARE CHANGING. >>Laurel Edenburn: ALL I KNOW IS THAT THERE IS A SHIFT STARTING TO CHANGE AMONG YOUTH. IN FACT IN 2000, THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN A SURVEY OF 12 - 17 YR OLDS, AND THEY FOUND THAT 58% ACTIVITY IS NOT APPROPRIATE IF THEY USE PRECAUTIONS >>Narrator: LEADING THE FIGHT THE ABSTINENCE CLEARING HOUSE, A NATIONAL NETWORK INSISTS THAT TEACHING SHOULD

ABSTAIN...THAT IT'S COOL TO BEA VIRGIN. >>Leslee Unruh, Abstinence IN THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THAT CLASSROOM, THAT ARE TO FEEL PROUD ABOUT >>Narrator: NATIONWIDE, TEEN SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS DROPPING. AND TEEN PREGNANCY RATES A MAJORITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE >>Johnny Wilson, Planned AN ABSOLUTE ABERRATION IF WE WERE ABLE TO EVEN SEXUAL EVEN UP TO THE AGE OF 20. FORGET UNTIL MARRIAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT 27. >>Leslee Unruh, Abstinence

IN REALITY, NO IN REALITY MISSING. >>Narrator: SOME SAY THERE IS ABSTINENCE EDUCATION MONEY. >>Dr. Bruce Trigg: MANY FOR THE COMMUNITY IS TO BE ABSTINENT UNTIL MARRIAGE ARE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAVING BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS. THE CURRICULA COMPLETELY STIGMATIZED AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS DOES. >>Secretary Michelle Grisham: IN NM, HALF OF THEM ARE ABOUT SEXUAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. THEN ABOUT SOUND PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY?' >>Narrator: IN WASHINGTON

D.C., THE ABSTINENCE CLEARING HOUSE BEGAN WORKING BEHIND AGAINST ABSTINENCE EDUCATION. >>Leslee Unruh: MOST OF WHAT HAD TO GO IN THE STATE. THEY ARE DOING. WELL, OF THOSE PLACES THAT WE HAVE >>Chyron, Bill Smith, Vp MULTIPLE CASES AROUND >>Narrator: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW MEXICO WORRIES BILL NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE SUSAN >>Bill Smith: SIECUS AND IT THE POLITICAL ATTENTION STATE BASED AGENCIES TO SAY, HERE IN OUR STATE FUNDING

AROUND TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION, AROUND STD PAYER'S RIGHTS IN THEIR STATES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS >>Narrator: SECRETARY GRISHAM WRESTLED WITH THE ISSUE SHE ANNOUNCED A DRAMATIC >>Secretary Michelle Grisham: MONEY FOR NEW MEXICO WHICH IS MORERECENTLY, WE'VE CLARIFIED I MEAN WE REALLY WANT BEEN YES, THE STATE HAS REQUEST.

>>Narrator: THE DECISION WAS LEVEL. >>David Magruder, Best CONTINUE WITH THAT, EVEN OR FORM >>Leslee Unruh Abstinence ON THE CHILD, AND THE FAMILY AND THE BRAIN RESEARCH NOW TO AWAKEN WITHIN THAT CHILD, OF ISSUES. >>Secretary Michelle Grisham: RATE IN THE NATION. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE TREND IS HIGH CONCENTRATION OF MINORITY FAMILIES, THAT I'VE GOT ALREADY HAS SEEN THAT SEXUAL

BEHAVIOR AND PREGNANCY IS GRADE. I'VE GOT TO GET TO THAT >>Narrator: AS SCHOOL OPENED IN SEPTEMBER, NO MORE SCHOOL OR IN THE MIDDLE BUT THE FIGHT HAD BEEN WORTH >>Dario Rodriguez: WE HAVE SYSTEM. I AM A STRONG BELIEVER THAT OUR SOCIETY HAS TO TAKE OF THE CARING OF THE SOCIETY IS TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE CORRECT WAY. AND EDUCATIONCANNOT BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT OF THE COUNTRY TO BE AWARE OF. BY A PARTICULAR IDEOLOGY, NOT

LET THEM HIJACK OUR SCHOOLSYSTEM BY A PARTICULAR OF NO SEX. >>Narrator: IN THE FALL GOVERNMENT SOME, LIKE NEW ON THE MONEY. ONLY MAINE, HAVE REFUSED ALL FUNDING.