The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Many teens think that this is an innocent thing to do between themselves and their girlfriend or boyfriend.  However, as it has been pointed out many times, it can have far reaching consequences.  Today the Associated Press published an article on the subject.  Click on the link below and read it.  I think you will [...]

This morning I read this article by Rebecca Hagelin; it’s a great article.
 
 

By Rebecca Hagelin
OPINION/ANALYSIS:
Culture challenge of the week: Parents, teens and sex
We live in a culture that promotes teen sex at every turn. T-shirts with slogans like “Everyone loves a slutty girl” sort of summarize what teens are up against. Marketers, liberals and the [...]

Here is an interesting blog that I recently read and wanted to share:

RappTAP is helping kids realize the benefits of waiting for sex
Date published: 10/16/2009
THE Rappahannock Area Teen Abstinence Program seems to be making progress in promoting healthy choices among community young people. Through a grant, RappTAP has been delivering the message “I’m [...]

Here is a young girl’s take on Abstinence-Only Education v. Plan B.  I found it very interesting!!
 
 
October 14, 2009 by Ellen Cameron  

 
There is no kind of safe sex but no sex. Condoms break. Birth control pills don’t always work. And in high school, who really has access to better forms of birth control, [...]

This is interesting–

I remember when I first heard about the idea of establishing a Center for Abstinence and Chastity, a University center that would support the needs of abstinent and chaste students. To be honest, I was deeply skeptical. It sounded like a place for students to come together and talk about how great chastity [...]

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 [...]

by Adam Brickley

Miss Universe contestants compete in Condom Olympics. (Photo courtesy Population Services International)
(CNSNews.com) – The Miss Universe pageant and an AIDS prevention group are under fire for staging a “Condom Olympics” for contestants just three days prior to last Sunday’s competition in the Bahamas.
 
Population Services International (PSI) created the “competition,” which was held [...]

I read this blog earlier today and thought it had very practical ideas:
Peer pressure is something many teens struggle with as they head back to school.  It might influence something simple such as what style of shoes that they choose to wear, but it can be more serious as well.  Peer pressure has an influence [...]

I recently saw this on the “Save The Sex” blog site and thought I would share it with all of you.  I don’t know who Vanessa is but she certainly has some valid points!!
Dropping the A-Bomb: Abstinence  - By Vanessa

I was reading a blog the other day that referenced a news article from The Boston [...]

I recently read the following blog and found it extremely inciteful.  I wanted to share it with all of you.
 
The sexual revolution’s consequences–
By DJ Haugh
 
A series of events beginning in the 1960’s helped to develop a new culture in the United States which would spread across the globe and eventually become known as the “Sexual [...]