"Common sense would suggest that making contraceptive know-how available would be taken as a green light for sex by teens. But a survey of some 250 prevention-related programs by a nonprofit group, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, finds that sex education that includes contraception instruction does not ‘hasten the onset' of sexual activity, or increase such activity."
--Christian Science Monitor editorial June 8

"The study not only shows that education about abstinence and education about contraception are compatible. It finds that when used together the two can be powerful in helping reduce teen pregnancy. The "Emerging Answers" report...is instructive to any community trying to construct successful programs to reduce teen pregnancy and teen sexual activity...To effectively tackle child welfare and reduce persistent poverty, we must do better. This report provides some good ways to start."
--Charlotte Observer editorial June 11

"The good news about teen pregnancy is that a new study shows three different types of programs are effective at reducing pregnancies...The study provides important information on making lasting inroads into the pregnancy problem that has long plagued U.S. teens."
-- USA Today editorial June 1

"It should come as no surprise that the sex industry has a vested interest in recruiting new ‘customers.' Just as the tobacco companies must hook kids on cigarettes to survive, so must the sex industry need to hook teens on sex. That's why we should regard with skepticism a recent review sponsored by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy..."
-- Cal Thomas, nationally-syndicated columnist, June 7

"The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy reports that a wide variety of approaches have proved successful in reducing teen pregnancies, thus allowing communities to back specific programs that fit their resources and values."
Time Magazine, June 11

"‘There's still no magic bullet to reducing teen pregnancy,' said Sarah Brown, Director of the National Campaign. ‘There are, however, some strong bullets that show really great promise.'"
--The Washington Times, May 31

"We should be offering all children the best options in education. With the current epidemic of sexual disease, the emotional upset that plagues our children, and the widespread sexual dysfunction reported among adults, it is obvious that condoms and pills are not answering the deepest needs of the nation's children. Apparently, the National Campaign is not up to the task of addressing those needs. Maybe the entire Board should go home and work on something better than their band-aid approach to our children."
-- Leslee Unruh, President of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse, press release May 31

"The Carrera program figures prominently in a major new study undertaken by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The conclusions of Emerging Answers offers new and convincing evidence about what works."
-- Syracuse Post-Herald June 4

"In a new report that was four years in the making, Douglas Kirby shares the positive news of his review of 250 teenage sex education programs in the United States. The best news: Eight existing programs significantly reduce teen pregnancy and the spread of STDS, even for at-risk kids...Equally helpful: Kirby's analysis revealed that giving kids information about condoms or other birth control — indeed telling them where to get contraception — did not cause them to have sex earlier or increase the frequency."
-- Stephanie Salter, columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, June 4

"Last week, the nonpartisan National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy released the results of a key study. While it praised several approaches and noted that abstinence works for some kids, the ‘star' in terms of success rates was the Carrera-based model, used in 50 communities around the nation."
-- Indianapolis Star editorial June 4

"Telling teenagers about contraception and HIV prevention doesn't do any harm — and it might do some good. So eastern Idaho school boards which remain wedded to the abstinence-only approach should contemplate a new report from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy...As for abstinence-only programs, the jury is still out. The programs might work, but the study found no evidence of that...So for now, squeamish school boards that choose to rely on abstinence-only programs aren't acting on the best facts available."
-- Idaho Post Register editorial June 1