by SIECUS

About the author: The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) is an organization that promotes comprehensive education about sexuality and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices. SIECUS provides the guidelines for sex education for kindergarten through twelfth grade and publishes the report, “Facing Facts: Sexual Health for America’s Adolescents.”

You would think a two-week trip to Europe would yield stories of picturesque walks through ancient towns and beautiful churches and conversations over a glass of wine or a great cup of coffee. Our stories do involve such things, but the real story behind our trip is not simply tourism.

The Euroteen Study

In 1985, the Alan Guttmacher Institute [an organization that works to protect and expand reproductive choices for all people] published the findings...