The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Anderson Cooper’s January 20, 2012 episode is a show about Purity Balls.  His preview tries to portray Purity Balls in a negative light.  Tell us what you think at on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Abstinence-Clearinghouse/174242833497
 
More information on the Anderson Cooper show here http://www.andersoncooper.com/episodes/what-is-americas-obsession-with-abstinence/

A new study published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology links HPV (human papillomavirus) to heart disease.  HPV is already linked to cancer and is the most common STDs in the United States. 
 
Read more about the findings here http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/health/research/25theory.html

A Rhode Island federal judge ruled that a local high school must take down a decades-old prayer banner after an atheist student sued the ccity.  The banner encouraged students to be kind, helpful, honest, motivated and true friends.  City officials said the banner was a historical artifact, however, the judge ruled it was in violation [...]

Grandparents, the following article by Focus on the Family offers great tips on how to stay connected and reach out to your grandchildren. You have a unique role in the lives of both your children and grandchildren. When loved ones live far away, this can be a challenge. It’s always worth the effort to encourage [...]

Sobering statistics in the United Kingdom show teen abortions are nearly double the average in all European countries. It’s clear that radical, explicit sex education only harms. According to Josephine Quintavalle from Reproductive Ethics, “There is no shortage of sex education or availability of contraceptives. It is pretty obvious it isn’t working.” Programs such as [...]

The following link shows a very sad story about a teenager’s use of the abortion drug RU-486. This desperate teen took the drug in her 20th week of pregnancy, but the drug was meant to only be used up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy. The 62-year-old woman who gave the teen this abortion drug [...]

Studies show that MTV reality programming, popular with children aged 12-17, encourages the degradation of women by “demeaning, degrading and sexualized dialogue.” If you have cable in your home, please check out what your children are watching, whether so-called ‘reality’ programing or twisted, sexualized music videos. We encourage you to become educated; it just may [...]

This heart-breaking account of a middle-schooler who was abducted by an online predator should be a wake-up call to all parents to communicate with their children and monitor online computer use. This article takes a step-by-step look at how this young 13-year-old girl was groomed and abducted. She is one of the fortunate ones who [...]

President and Founder of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse, Leslee Unruh, states, “The new release of national sex ed standards put out by liberal groups and NEA should set off an alarm to parents across our nation. Everything goes graphic and explicit sex ed flies in the face of moral foundations set in the home. The [...]

With Christmas vacation finished or wrapping up across the country, have you monitored how much time your children spent using social media? The following article from Covenant Eyes warns parents about “hyper-networkers” and reports that 11.5% of students are addicted to Facebook. This addiction is linked to a host of other potential problems and addictions. [...]