I think we must be working on a different definition of using abstinence.
To me, one is only using it when one doesn't have sex, at all. Once you have sex, you've stopped using abstinence, and it's going to be no more effective than a condom that isn't taken out of the package.
Of course, the key point in this sort of discussion isn't the success rate for an individual so much as how effectively other people can be convinced to do something. Which is where condoms win by a wide margin.
(Not to mention it's more helpful for all those married couples I'd like to see not reproduce...)
-Morgan."Mikuru-chan molested me! I'm... so happy!"
-Haruhi, "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
---(Not really)
To me, one is only using it when one doesn't have sex, at all. Once you have sex, you've stopped using abstinence, and it's going to be no more effective than a condom that isn't taken out of the package.
Of course, the key point in this sort of discussion isn't the success rate for an individual so much as how effectively other people can be convinced to do something. Which is where condoms win by a wide margin.
(Not to mention it's more helpful for all those married couples I'd like to see not reproduce...)
-Morgan."Mikuru-chan molested me! I'm... so happy!"
-Haruhi, "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
---(Not really)