http://blog.abstinence.net Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:32:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  by Kortney Blythe While watching "American Idol," a commercial came on that caught my attention. An amateurish-looking home video showed two giddy, laughing teenage girls jumping on a trampoline, acting goofy. Then a voiceover said: “I love my life. I’m not gonna mess it up with a pregnancy.” And a web site flashed ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/03/08/american-idol-runs-ad-for-questionable-teen-website/ http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100302/atheist-group-trade-your-bibles-in-for-porn/index.html Tue, Mar. 02 2010 By Ethan Cole   A campus atheist group began its attention-seeking holy book-for-porn program on Monday at the University of Texas at San Antonio. For three days, members of Atheist Agenda will give students pornographic magazines in exchange for any religious texts as part of their annual “Smut for Smut” ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/03/05/atheist-group-trade-your-bibles-in-for-porn/ 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 ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/03/03/when-should-sexting-be-illegal/ 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 ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/03/02/our-tax-dollars-at-work-sex-tech-condom-convention/   By Dr. Allen Unruh   In the state of Iowa a Judge ruled that it is legal for a drunk minor to be led to a stage in a strip club in front of a bunch of drunk men and strip because according to his opinion and the way the laws are ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/19/subject-deviancy/ Great information from Jennifer Roback Morse: I note with interest that Reuters interviewed representatives of the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research wing of Planned Parenthood. “Its all the fault of those Big Bad Social Conservatives.”  Oddly enough, Reuters did not interview anyone from the abstinence education movement. I wonder why? Perhaps ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/17/teen-pregnancy-rate-up-i-wonder-why/ As a parent, I have been concerned for some time about some of the material that teens can find on YouTube; postings with sex, nudity, pornographic images and violence just to name a few. I am so thankful to learn that starting yesterday, YouTube is adding a parental control that enables ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/17/parents-and-youtube/   Recently we received a report from The Abstinence Kenya Forum, “Upholding the Youth’s Dignity” held on January 9, 2010.  Here is a synopsis of this report:   The participants of the forum were invited by Abstinence Kenya by virtue of being in the category of ‘youth’.  They were drawn from different parts ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/17/abstinence-kenya/     Bring Keith Deltano in to perform dynamic life changing school assemblies!    For more information on Keith Deltano go to  www.VirginityRocks.com http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/16/virginity-rocks/ Tuesday, February 16, 2010 This mom is not buying Planned Parenthood's B.S. for one minute. Homeschool Mom: Planned Parenthood has decreed that 10-year-olds have a fundamental right to be taught about contraception, to have comprehensive sex education, and also to be treated as sexual beings. It's their right, right? Now, I'm ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/16/sex-education-vs-abstinence-smackdown/ A group that thinks a Super Bowl ad celebrating Tim Tebow's life is bad news for women might be a little out of touch with what women really want. That helps explain why the National Organization for Women and other feminist groups have vehemently opposed abstinence education while failing to ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/15/empower-women-teach-abstinence/ Read this interesting blog that I found:   by Gary Dickson -- Publisher   Updated: 02/12/2010 05:37:25 PM PST Last May I read a story on the Poynter Institute's Web site that had been in the Washington Guardian's U.K. editon. The headline was, "Obama to scrap funding for abstinence-only programmes." The sub-headline stated, "U.S. president proposes ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/15/press-on-%e2%80%93-abstinence-program-works-for-teens/ Source: rockforlife.org Pro-abortion advocacy groups use Valentine's Day to peddle their unbridled sex message by handing out condoms and equating love with hopping into bed with someone. Planned Parenthood has also declared February to be "National Condom Month." One way to combat this is to have your own activities spreading the ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/12/condoms-dont-protect-the-heart/ www.LC.org Washington, DC – Tomorrow, young people in America and around the world are beginning Valentine’s celebrations by committing to sexual purity and encouraging their peers on the value of purity. This is the seventh annual Day of Purity, which helps educate youth to remain sexually pure until marriage. Young people ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/12/youth-promote-sexual-purity-on-seventh-annual-day-of-purity/ By Rachel Campos-Duffy Feb 10th 2010 11:00AM Let's face it. Polls and studies can be easily manipulated. In Amy Hatch's recent column, "Abstinence Education to Blame for Rise in Teen Pregnancy Rates,"she cited a study by the Guttmacher Institute that concluded that pregnancy rates rose as a result of abstinence programs. This month, ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/11/parents-dont-give-up-on-abstinence-education/ by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor February 9, 2010 Source: lifenews.com New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- A recent Planned Parenthood report pushing sex and abortion for children is drawing more fire from pro-life advocates. Now, Catholic League president Bill Donohue is attacking the document because he says it rips Catholicism and promotes "sexual engineering" by ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/11/planned-parenthood-report-pushing-sex-abortion-for-children-draws-more-fire/ NAC Press Release 2/10/10 A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is recommending that children as young as 10 years old receive mandatory graphic sex education, which includes teaching them the "pleasures of sex."   The report, "Stand and Deliver" recommends - in fact, demands - that children as young as ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/10/graphic-sex-ed-for-ten-year-olds-not-on-our-watch/ Article by Family Research Council fpc.org Most third and fourth graders barely know what sex is, let alone have any desire to try it. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is advocating in a new report, "Stand and Deliver." As part of the global push, IPPF "demands" ... http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/09/sex-education-its-elementary/ Teaching Kids the 'Pleasures of Sex'? International Planned Parenthood Federation's recommendation to teach joys of lovemaking to 10-year-olds in school http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/28949005/teaching-kids-the-pleasures-of-sex.htm   http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/09/fox-news-teaching-kids-the-pleasures-of-sex/   Title: Sex Ed for 10-Year-Olds? Published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 Description: Planned Parenthood pushes sex ed http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/28946956/sex-ed-for-10-year-olds.htm#q=citizens+for+responsible+curriculum   http://blog.abstinence.net/2010/02/09/fox-news-report-sex-ed-for-10-year-olds/