The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

If anyone saw the Early Show this morning, you saw Kate Walsh, who played a doctor on Grey’s Anatomy, talking about how abstinence education has failed our kids.  Since when did an actress who plays a doctor on TV become any sort of expert on health issues?  Did anyone else notice that no one from [...]

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, March 18 /Christian Newswire/ — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is hailing the release of its new condom line, which it claims makes both a “fashion statement” and a “lifestyle statement.” PPFA says the condom is “stylish” and a ‘must-have’ fashion accessory.” The condom package itself is even described as “chic.”
 
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A recent review of over 100 contraceptive sex education programs found only two that increased consistent condom use by teens for a period of 12 months.  And rates of condom user error are high, even with adult populations.: error rates ranged from 21.7% to 50% across 4 studies.  Also, condoms do not prevent any of [...]

This article is crazy!  Young school age children are being punished for sexual harassment.  Kindergartners and first graders are being suspended for sexual misconduct based on behavior like hugging, poking, and pinching classmates or school staff.  Many people are shocked that states are collecting data about sexual harassment among children so young. 
Source: http://www.newsweek.com/id/70980 
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A new, probably fraudulent, study showed that twins who had sex earlier had lower levels of delinquency and antisocial behavior a few years later, not more.  The article mentions that policymakers and psychologists hold that early sex, say at 14, makes a teenager more likely to have academic problems, commit crimes, drink, smoke and suffer [...]

Today I was talking to a friend who is pregnant by her boyfriend.  They have since broken up and he is apparently running around with all sorts of women.  So here she is, planning to have a baby by herself, wondering why she gave in to the pressure to have sex.
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And people wonder why abstinence is best??? 
More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year_ the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they think better and more intensive screening accounts for much of [...]