The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Sarah Floro
Phone: (605) 335-3643
Email: sarahf@abstinence.net
Date: July 10, 2009
 
Abstinence Advocates Get Slapped in the Face by House Sub Committee
 
Federal funding for abstinence until marriage education was stripped from the budget today in the House subcommittee, led by Rep. David Obey (D-WI).  The budget now goes to the full committee and to the full House [...]

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 [...]

About a week and a half ago, musicians, actors, actresses, and fans flooded Hollywood’s Paramount Studios for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
The event featured performances by Rihanna, T.I., Paramore, the Jonas Brothers and the comedic styling of the evening’s host, Russell Brand, replete with his oh-so-subtle remarks regarding the purity rings which the Jonas [...]

Once upon a time men and women dated as a prelude to marriage which was a prelude to sex.  Today, teens are “hooking-up.”  As one teen explains, “First you give a guy oral sex and then you decide if you like him.”  What a tragedy for our society.  There are more than two-dozen sexually transmitted [...]

According to an article in the Argus Leader on Sunday, November 18, 2007, some children are dying tragic deaths because of broken homes.  The article, “Broken homes raise abuse risk: Scholars: Traditional families best,” states that each year the alleged perpetrator of children dying has been the boyfriend of the child’s mother, not the biological [...]

A recent article by Jeff Fecke begins:
I know the St. Paul Crowne Plaza Riverfront hotel like the back of my hand. It used to be the base hotel for the Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government program, in which I participated as a student and adult volunteer. I spent better than a month of my life [...]