by APFLI | Jul 23, 2007 | Reasons for Abstinence
Premarital sex places young persons at immediate risk for pregnancy and increases their risk for all STDs/STIs, including HIV. More than 700,000 teenagers become pregnant each year (updated August 2007)… More than 700,000 teenagers become pregnant each year.(1)...
by APFLI | Sep 13, 2005 | Population - Archive
Births to unmarried women in the United States hit a record 1.4 million in 2003, while births to teens fell for the 12th consecutive year. Births to unmarried women increased to 34.6 percent of all U.S. births — also a new record, said...
by APFLI | Sep 2, 2005 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
The Decline in Adolescent Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates in the 1990s: What Factors Are Responsible? by The Physicians Consortium (formerly the Consortium of State Physicians Resource Councils), 7January1999 ...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2004 | Reasons for Abstinence
Contrary to the common perception that teenage sex and pregnancy typically stem from two teenagers getting caught up in the heat of the moment, new research reveals that many teenage girls are being sexually exploited and impregnated by adult men. In fact, a study...
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...
