The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Fact: Sexual activity at an early age has multiple harmful consequences.
The earlier a teenage girl begins sexual activity the more likely she is to suffer from increased rates of infection with sexually transmitted diseases, increased rates of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and birth, increased rates of single parenthood, decreased marital stability, increased maternal and child poverty, increased [...]

I hear this one a lot and I usually respond by trying to educate the speaker. Every piece of legislation here in the United States is based on some type of moral (often Judeo-Christian) conviction. For example, laws against murder and theft can be easily traced to the Ten Commandments (”Thou shall not kill,” and [...]

Throughout history, people have suggested that the legalization of contraband (such as alcohol and drugs) and certain activities (such as prostitution) will allow the demand for these substances and activities. On the contrary, experience tells us that this just isn’t true. When the use of pornography is allowed to proliferate, the following tends to occur:
• Some [...]

A great deal of evidence suggests that repeated exposure to pornography leads to the probability of acting out sexually rather than reducing dangerous impulses. Even when addiction to pornography does not lead to the commitment of serious sex crimes, it cannot be considered a harmless outlet for dangerous impulses. The viewing of pornography often creates [...]

Some people actually believe that pornography has little or no effect on those who view it. However, research studies show that pornography has the potential to harm individuals and our culture.

The First Amendment gives us freedom of speech and protects our right to express ourselves freely. Unfortunately there are those who have perverted this freedom to meet their own self-serving needs and the sexual appetites of the consumers. For more than forty years, however, the Supreme Court has held that obscenity is “outside the protection [...]

May people argue that obscenity cannot be defined, that it is a matter of opinion. However, in the Supreme Court case of Miller v. California, a clear, concise definition of obscenity is given. In layperson’s terms, obscenity includes graphic material that contains recurring sexual activity and/or sexual violence that is unmistakably offensive and lacking in [...]