As the board insisted, the curriculum stresses abstinence.

At the city's public schools, teachers in the school health curriculum have been stressing sexual abstinence.

In youth culture temperance is an important part of the Straight Edge scene, which also stresses abstinence from drugs.

"This notion of stressing abstinence is equivalent to asking young people to 'just say no' to drugs."

Even as we stress abstinence, we must also give teenagers the information and resources to ensure that they do the least harm to themselves.

While attempting to spare a future generation from the disease, she has to deal with a federal government that stresses abstinence over condoms.

This one will stress abstinence and probably won't upset anyone.

She said the counseling should stress abstinence first, as the current curriculum does, but also recognize that some youngsters are sexually active.

The board agreed that the courses should stress abstinence and not mention contraception.