The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Title V is the government program that provides $50 million to the states, the individual governments of which decide to accept or deny. This is one of the biggest programs to provide federal dollars to abstinence-until-marriage education. It was expected to expire on June 30 (the expiration had been put off for six weeks), but [...]

Abstinence Education Groups Says Federal Attacks Won’t Stop Message

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 3, 2007
Contact: Brittany Wilson
Phone: 605.335.3643
Abstinence Education is Here to Stay
SIOUX FALLS, SD—In the face of an unsure future in regard to federal funding, the National Abstinence Clearinghouse is resolute in its belief that abstinence-until-marriage education will not die. Abstinence is a black and white issue, allowing no gray area between sexual [...]

African nations battling HIV need real solutions (read: proper education) rather than a program that reduces them to animals who cannot control their urges.
LifeNews.com reports. 

WorldNetDaily reports that efforts to substantially punish school administrators who organized a seminar encouraging high schoolers to “have sex and…use drugs appropriately” have not been realized. The Boulder, CO school which held the seminar has received a verbal reprimand. The comments were given by a UCLA professor who was invited to speak. A letter calling [...]

The following commentary was written by Robert Rector and sent to the Abstinence Clearinghouse.
Education concerning HIV prevention in primary and secondary schools should start with the recognition that teaching about sexuality primarily or exclusively as an issue of disease prevention distorts the subject.  Education concerning HIV in primary and secondary schools must be put in [...]

ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
June 18, 2007 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS:  (480) 444-0020
IRS Exonerates Two South Dakota Non-Profits Targeted by Washington Special Interest Group
Leftist group targeted two Christian non-profit organizations, filed complaint with IRS to remove tax-exempt status
WASHINGTON — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have helped to secure exoneration by the [...]

As you may have noticed, much of our resource library at abstinence.net is closed to non-affiliates. However, our “Studies/Statistics” section is now open for public viewing! This section is a great resource for anyone in need of a strong scientific defense of abstinence education.