abstinence only (uncountable)
- A form of sex education that advocates only abstinence as a means to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
2002, Marysol Asencio, Sex and Sexuality Among New York's Puerto Rican Youth[1], page 149:Programs have been developed that either advocate abstinence only […] or abstinence-plus […].
2002, Larry D. Burlew, Dave Capuzzi, Sexuality Counseling[2], page 75:Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas specify the teaching of abstinence only until marriage.
2003, Judith Levine, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex[3], page 101:Not only was the federal government encouraging abstinence only; […].
2006, David Cooper, Broken America[4], page 182:[…] directly to organizations that teach abstinence only without going through the states.