The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Just because it has “abstinence” in the title doesn’t mean it’s what you want your child to be taught.  At an end-of-school PTO workshop at which no staff or parents were present, a sex educator offered condoms to 7th and 8th-graders at a New Hampshire middle school recently.  The school has apologized to parents. “I [...]

If you think for one minute that abstinence education gets a lot of funding, think again.  There are dozens of condom conventions done on your dime - with no shame!  From lube-tasting to condom games, the condom promoters are in full force.  This next one coming up is Sex Tech - basically finding new ways [...]

Robert Rector Tells It Like It Is!
The following are excerpts from an article published by CNSNews.com.  Click here to read the full article.  Mr. Rector’s messaging is strong and accurate.  We encouarge affiliates to quote him as you continue to raise awareness and support in your community for your programs.
Robert Rector, a senior analyst at [...]

I just read a report from CWA that this year alone, 15.3 MILLION Americans will contract a NEW sexually transmitted disease.  2-4 MILLION of those will be teenagers!  That means that every day, 8,000 teens contract a NEW STD.  Not to mention any they already had. 
Hello?!?!  And what do our states, governments and health centers [...]

A HUGE thanks from parents all over the country goes out to Joanna Respold who in her blog entry of 1/23/09 stood up to Henry Waxman and his sexualization of the children of America.  It’s awesome to see a young lady who seems to have it all together get up and tell the World that [...]

Well, duh.  After 15 years of providing abstinence education, 26 states have turned back Title V funds used to teach abstinence until marriage education.  Is it any wonder why the teen birth rate is up?  The kids today are learning that it’s okay to have sex, as long as you are protected.  True protection means [...]

Teen pregnancies are up in the Beloit School District
BELOIT — The number of teen pregnancies for students in the Beloit School District spiked at 52 last year, which has administrators concerned.
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By SUE BISBEE

Published: Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:22 a.m.

A recent study . . . found that students who received the abstinence program were 46 percent less likely to initiate sex in one year than students not in the program. Ellen Goodman’s Jan. 3 column about abstinence education, “Abstinence-only sex ed has failed the [...]

On April 29th, Planned Parenthood sent out an email calling out to its supporters to join them in challenging Presidential candidates to talk about sex.  They say, “given that it’s also hard for parents to talk with their children about sex, I guess it’s not all that surprising” (that Presidential candidates can’t talk about it).  [...]

The Committee held a hearing titled, “Domestic Abstinence-Only Programs: Assessing the Evidence” on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.  Federally-funded abstinence-only programs require the exclusive teaching of abstinence until marriage and prohibit teaching about condoms or other contraceptives — other than to discuss failure rates. These programs have received over $1.3 billion [...]