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sexually active young people should have access to birth control, and only two in 10 object to that proposition.2 Public opinion regarding the scope of sexuality education is consonant with the weight of research in this area. In February 1997, for example, the Consensus Panel on AIDS of the National Institutes of Health declared that the “abstinenceonly” approach “places policy in direct conflict with science because it ignores overwhelming evidence that other programs are effective” in delaying the onset of sexual intercourse among adolescents and in reducing their number of partners and increasing their condom use, if they are already sexually active.3 Indeed, a 1997 comprehensive review and analysis of existing evaluations of abstinence-only programs concluded that while there may be too little evidence for a definitive conclusion, “there does not David J. Landry is senior research associate and Cory L. Richards is vice president for public policy, both with The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI). At the time this article was written, Lisa Kaeser was senior public policy associate at AGI; she is now legislative and public liason officer with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD. The study on which this article is based was supported by a grant from The Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. The authors thank Sharon Adams-Taylor, Brenda Greene, Leslie Kantor, Gerri Moore, Jerald Newberry and Stephen Rieben for their guidance and comments on the survey instrument; Robin Hennessey, Maria Elena Ramos and Suzette Audam for their efforts in fielding the survey and preparing it for analysis; and Rachel Benson Gold for her assistance and wise counsel throughout the project. Abstinence Promotion and the Provision Of Information About Contraception in Public School District Sexuality Education Policies