The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Predators must be punished, but what about good kids who make a bad decision?
By Emily Bazelon
A teenager in Wisconsin named Anthony Stancl set up a fake Facebook profile, pretending to be a girl. Seventeen or 18 at the time, Stancl used the profile to lure 30 of the boys he went to high school with [...]

For Immediate Release:  December 2, 2009

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J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan, (866) FRC-NEWS

Phil Burress, President, Citizens for Community Values, 513-733-5775

Washington, D.C. – Citizens for Community Values and Family Research Council jointly released a new study today that comprehensively details the effects of pornography on marriages, children, communities and individual happiness.
The study, “The Effects of Pornography on [...]

This is a good article by Rebecca Hagelin:
Daughters Under Siege
Rebecca Hagelin
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Recently I wrote about the trend in public schools to push an “if it feels
good, do it” brand of sex education on our kids. Those who write the “health
education” curriculum, oversee the lesson plans and have the greatest
authority in education believe that [...]

I’ve been told that if I’d been a parent in the 1950s, I probably would have spoken out against Elvis Presley’s pelvic thrust as a dance move. The theory is that teens of every generation will find their own ways to rebel against the cultural norm, and that parents from one generation to the next [...]

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 [...]

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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As I was surfing through the waves of negative information about abstinence, I was pleased to come ashore on these two articles from the New York Times!  How far we have come or have we come from the way it was back then!

From 1874 posted January 31, 2009 http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=950DE7DF1030EF34BC4D53DFB566838F669FDE

From 1883 posted Feb 15, [...]

Twilight.
It’s funny how one word can have so many different connotations. Some look at that word and think, “a nice time of day.” Others look at it and swoon, thinking of the monstrously successful book series from Stephenie Meyer that is quickly about to become even more of a phenomenon with the movie release of [...]

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 [...]

I just finished reading Wendy Shalit’s “Girls Gone Mild” and while it took me almost a month and a half, only getting to read a chapter every couple of days, the impact of this book was in no way lessened. This book made me think. In fact, a chapter at a time was really all that I [...]