Ted Olsen links to stories related to the growing hostility to abstinence among those who deal with teens and othe populations.

Back in the day, "underage sex" was sometimes referred to as statutory rape. But this isn’t the only form of rape increasingly downplayed in the crusade for condoms. Pushing for condom distribution programs in prisons, a June New York Times editorial declared, "Studies show . . . that same-sex encounters behind bars are more common than prison officials care to admit." Actually, those studies show 20 percent of male inmates report being forced into sexual activity while in prison. Just how would condoms fix that?

In a July syndicated column, PBS host Bonnie Erbe mocked abstinence as an answer to the African AIDS epidemic due to the "high rate of rape in some African countries. … How is teaching abstinence at all relevant in the case of child rape victims?" Her answer: Condom distribution.

What I’ve never understood is the double standard. Don’t smoke. Don’t ever. Kids – don’t smoke. Not even one a day. It’s really, really, bad for you. In other words: ABSTAIN.

But sex? Eh, be safe.

(Which somehow has translated into skyrocketing rates of STDs, teen pregnancies, abortions not to speak of hardened, cynical hearts encased in the worn-out bodies of 21-year olds. This is good?)