by APFLI | Feb 22, 2005 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Summary: Teens are greatly influenced by the messages they receive about sex in school. It’s time for the government to get serious about fulfilling the president’s promise to level the playing field regarding sexual education funding for the...
by APFLI | Feb 22, 2005 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Researchers at Texas A&M University entered into a contract with the Texas Department of Health to evaluate abstinence programs and recently released their findings. Unfortunately, however, only a small number of programs were included in the study. The...
by APFLI | Nov 27, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Teenagers who have sex and use drugs have an increased suicide risk. Researchers analyzed data from a survey of nearly 19,000 American teens in grades 7 to 12 conducted in the mid-1990s. They found that levels of depression, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts...
by APFLI | Aug 30, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
GOVERNMENT SPENDS $12 ON SAFE SEX AND CONTRACEPTIVES FOR EVERY $1 SPENT ON ABSTINENCE: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg1718.cfm [14Jan04] Abstinence, Sex Education & Abortion:The Connection As we begin our walk into...
by APFLI | Aug 17, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Women, men and their children are not well served by a society that fails to acknowledge the inherent differences between the sexes, according to Steven E. Rhoads (Univ of VA), the author of a new book that presents the case that gender differences are based in nature...
by APFLI | Jun 30, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
The Heritage Foundation released its analysis of two new studies on 24 June 2004. Both reports give further credibility to the abstinence until marriage message, showing that abstinence programs offer youth the best chance at a happy and healthy life… {For more...
by APFLI | Mar 30, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
ADOLESCENTS WHO TAKE VIRGINITY PLEDGES HAVE LOWER RATES OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS — about 40% less likely to have a child out of wedlock when compared to similar young women who do not make such a pledge [recently released data from the National Longitudinal...
by APFLI | Mar 4, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Teenagers who pledge to remain sexually abstinent until marriage are 34 percent less likely to have sex than those who do not take virginity vows, according to a study to be published in the American Journal of Sociology. “Pledging decreases the risk of...
by APFLI | Mar 4, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
A recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and the Family from the Univ of CA at Irvine reports that cohabitation has little effect on a couples expectations of their partners fidelity (94% expect sexual exclusivity compared to 99% of married couples), but...
by APFLI | Mar 4, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Almost two-thirds of teenagers who have had sexual intercourse regret not waiting, according to a poll released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Individually, 55% of boys and 72% of girls said they wish they had waited longer to have sex....
by APFLI | Mar 4, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
ABSTINENCE: REALITY CHECK The U.S. rate of teenage births fell a staggering 31 percent from 1991 to 2002, a new study reveals. The rate declined from 62 births per 1,000 girls to 43 per 1,000, according to a study recently released. but the authors of the study,...
by APFLI | Feb 19, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
The vast majority of American parents want their children’s sex education classes to emphasize abstinence until marriage, according to a new poll released today. The survey, conducted by Zogby International for Focus on the Family, also found that parents...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
The financial balance sheet between abstinence and safe-sex programs within the US shows that the government spends “$12 to promote contraception for every dollar spent to encourage abstinence.” [Culture & Cosmos: Volume 1, Number 24,...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2004 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Sexually active teens are more prone to be depressed/suicidal than teens who are chaste. Early sexual experimentation has been "a substantial factor in undermining the emotional well-being of American teenagers". Data taken from a national survey of 6,500...
by APFLI | Dec 13, 2003 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
A major survey conducted by Zogby International shows that parents overwhelmingly oppose the topics taught to adolescents through comprehensive sex education. The results of the survey were released today at a press conference in Washington, DC by the Coalition for...
by APFLI | Jun 1, 2003 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Sexually active teens are more prone to be depressed/suicidal than teens who are chaste. Early sexual experimentation has been “a substantial factor in undermining the emotional well-being of American teenagers”. Data taken from a national survey of 6,500...
by APFLI | May 28, 2003 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
The majority of teenagers in high school are virgins. Surprised? And the increasingly pro-life views of young people may be due to “refram[ing] the national debate
shifting the emphasis from a womans right to the rights of the unborn child. Graphic...
by APFLI | May 20, 2003 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
“Almost one in five U.S. teens has sexual intercourse by their 15th birthday.” Its review of available data revealed that 4% of 12-year-olds have had sex, 10% of 13-year-olds, and 19% of 14-year-olds. The figures do not include instances of oral sex, which...
by APFLI | Apr 14, 2003 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
More teens are saying no to sex outside of marriage, and that fact is the primary reason for the drop in teen birth and pregnancy rates in recent years. The peer-reviewed study, just published in the journal Adolescent and Family Health, flies in the face of previous...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2003 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Does religion have any impact on a girl’s decision about sex? The latest government research says yes. [Abstinence Clearinghouse, 9Apr03...