Abstinence ‘Pledgers’ Have Higher Risk of HPV, Non-Marital Pregnancies
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 08:14
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst sociologist finds that sexually active teenage girls who took a pledge of abstinence were at a higher risk of contracting human papillomavirus (HPV) and having non-marital pregnancies than those who did not take such a pledge. The study, “Broken Promises: Abstinence Pledging and Sexual and […]