by APFLI | Jun 22, 2016 | Abstinence - Archive, Marriage - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies, Parent Resources, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence, Right to Life - Archive
Pediatricians: Abstinence on the Rise A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reveals that nearly 60 percent of high school students today have never had sex – an increase of 28 percent since 1991 —...
by APFLI | Aug 5, 2015 | Abstinence - Archive, Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
A new poll published in July 2015 has shown that an increasing number of teen girls are using the morning-after pill on a regular basis. Even though far fewer teenagers are having sex than teens a generation ago, more than 1 in 5 sexually-active teen girls have used...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2015 | Natural Methods - Natural Family Planning
NFP Strengthened Our Marriage “Contraception had been distorting their view of each other.” Matt and Shannon met in college and quickly became serious. A non-practicing Catholic, Matt left the responsibility of managing their fertility to Shannon and the...
by APFLI | Jun 27, 2015 | Marriage - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies
On June 4, Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation called out LGBT rights leaders for their hypocritical support of abortion. In particular, he cited Lambda Legal’s statement that “reproductive freedom and LGBT rights have been inextricably linked both...
by APFLI | May 11, 2015 | Effects of Alternative Lifestyles, Studies - Cohabitation
James Wilson noted that, “Scholars increasingly regard cohabitation as a substitute to being single, not an alternative to marriage.” So what is it that makes marriage so much different than living together with the person you love? Science has shown that...
