The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Antonio Garcia-Alavez went to school Thursday looking for a lesson in how to talk with his four children. By the end of the night, he and his 14-year-old son hugged.
“It kind of felt good,” Edgar Garcia said afterward. “We haven’t hugged in a long time.
“We’ll hug probably every day now, I hope.”
As part of its [...]

By Val Farmer - 10/02/2009
Many educated and well-meaning people look at the numbers of teenagers and young adults engaging in high-risk sexual behavior and throw up their hands in resignation. The best we can do, they say, is to encourage protected or safe sex in view of such powerful social forces and trends. Accordingly, to [...]

 “I’m SEXY enough…to keep you waiting.” That’s the copy on a skimpy new tank top created by the Candies brand. Released as a part of the Candies Foundation, which exists in part to reduce teen pregnancy and encourage abstinence, it is one abstinence shirt you don’t want your daughter to wear. It sends a mixed [...]

I read this blog this week and thought I would pass it on.  Another article that proves that Abstinence Education does work!
 
This is in response to the Caller-Times editorial from Sept. 27, titled “Providing funds for programs that truly work.”
Research clearly shows that abstinence does work. Studies demonstrate that abstinence-based programs have effectively reduced sexual [...]