The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Listen online to Dr. Janice Crouse report on the effectiveness of teaching the sexual purity message of chastity compared with the negative impact of the contraceptive message in different parts of the world. We do our adolescents no favors by telling them that if it feels good, do it, or by lowering our expectations.
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In her new book, Of Thee I Zing: America’s Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots, author Laura Ingraham analyzes such symptoms of cultural decay as skimpy outfits on teens, tweens, and younger; freak dancing at the prom, and ever-present porn. She states, “Taken individually these cultural failings are not the end of civilization, [...]

Did that get your attention? Well, under the proposed Obama Administration’s health care system, these services would all be covered for women as part of a yearly exam, as recommended by the Institute of Medicine. Also covered would be STD screening and domestic violence counseling. Columnist Mona Charen suggests even more items and services that [...]

The Family Research Council’s article ‘Societal Rubbernecking’ points out how our culture glorifies adolescent sexuality as seen on TV, in movies, and in our children’s classrooms. Yet statistics show the harm that this has had, both from increased exposure to STDs and from higher divorce rates. Our society has changed so much that the latest [...]

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Washington, D.C.-Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) will launch an aggressive $1.15 million television ad buy beginning Thursday, July 21. The “Spenditol” buy targets Washington’s spending addiction during the height of the debt-ceiling debate. The ad will air in four states-Florida, Ohio, Nebraska, and Montana-as well as nationally on cable television networks such [...]

Offering hope to those struggling with a porn addiction, this website is a great resource. A new campaign announced by Morality in the Media calls for a war on pornography and its damaging effects. MIM states that we are at a crisis level of porn addictions in our country. Its national awareness campaign—Porn Harms—runs from [...]

Giving children as young as twelve years old permission to make their own decisions regarding a deadly vaccine is a bad idea. Anyone who has worked with children knows they can be easily influenced, especially by large corporations wanting to make money off of them. California is considering a bill to allow children twelve and [...]

The following article examines recent studies on the demographics of marriage, finding more affluent, college-educated Americans are getting married and staying married, whereas in poorer and working class communities cohabitation, infidelity, and divorce are more common. The author doesn’t offer an optimistic future, but the National Abstinence Clearinghouse knows there is hope in this generation [...]

How do we break the cycle of divorce? The Heritage Foundation answers this question by advocating for the promotion of strong marriages through policy reforms and public education. Marriage preparation and saving sex until marriage are ways to save oneself from the pain of divorce. The following article takes an in depth look at the [...]

What parent couldn’t learn from this series by Focus on the Family on how to motivate kids to do their chores? During these summer months, this task can be especially challenging. This series gives advice on finding age-appropriate chores and how to inspire kids to finish them well.
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