Abstinence

Abstinence: To abstain from sexual intercourse for any number of reasons. Chastity: A vow made to save oneself for marriage.
Anglicans for Life promotes abstinence for all un-married people. We provide resources and links to help you teach your children about living a chaste life and for those who have experienced sexual brokenness.

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Abstinence education truly lowers the rates of sexually transmitted infections or STI's in teens.
 
This new mandate has forced everyone to discuss the contraversial issue of contraception.
 
The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure announced that 17 Planned Parenthood affiliates will be funded this year, down from 19 in 2011.
CDC: Teen birth rate declined
 
Depo Provera users increase the risk of developing breast cancer.
 
AP report: Gonorrhea growing resistant to drugs; soon untreatable
Here are the results of a class in which more than 1,100 ninth graders in Georgia who used the Choosing the Best (CTB) curriculum in 2009-10
 

In the implementation and requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, three critical elements of it connect with the mission of Anglicans for Life and now require this ministry to address it.

Here is a discussion not of the legality of the mandates, nor of the morality of contraception, but of the physical costs of contraception.

The California Department of Public Health has begun a program of providing free condoms by mail to children as young as twelve.

The California Department of Public Health has begun a program of providing free condoms by mail to children as young as twelve.

When you love someone dearly, you want to save him or her from pain. We parents try all kinds of ways to warn our children of danger.

The Centers for Disease Control recent survey results confirm that most teens are not having sex.

Two new articles reveal a 25 per cent rise in sexually-transmitted disease among Irish teenagers and causes concerns about future fertility issues they may face.

Imagine a book dealing with sex and sexuality, based on the teaching of a man who never married and who quite likely never engaged in sexual intercourse. What I’m describing is the teaching of the late Pope John Paul II in his Theology of the Body.

Today, we are embroiled in a national debate about how to handle sexual behavior related to teens and adolescents.  In a surprising upheaval of logic, there are “sexperts” who cannot find any line in the sand at all to dictate a time when sex is absolutely, unequivocally and irrevocably inappropriate for young people.

The following appeared in the Op-Ed section of the New York Times May 19, 2006.  It appears here with the permission of the author. Editor’s Note:  While NOEL does not completely agree with the author’s first two sentences, this article makes a valid point that we felt deserves further consideration by those of us who support abstinence until marriage.

Although the depression followed by sex and drugs link seems to make sense, a new study, found that depression often follows risky behavior.

Warning:  The following article contains graphic and disturbing content inappropriate for children about addressing sexual behavior among our youth.

Pope Benedict XVI states that sex education must be replaced by education in marriage and family; love and truth must replace statistics and risks. Children beg for guidance. It is the duty of pro-life teachers to give it to them, and explain to them why true love is never free of commitment-in the best way possible.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention: American society is paying a high price for promoting sexual promiscuity -- especially with the record high number of sexually transmitted diseases.

Read about how futile federally-funded sex ed is.

Is birth control acceptable for Christians?

American parents strongly support abstinence education for their children.

Missouri schools teach abstinence-based sex education and effectively kics out community action groups like Planned Parenthood and local health departments if they make abortion referrals.

For the last 50 years, my generation has been programmed to believe that achieving equality in the work force was the key to happiness, prosperity and self-fulfillment.

Dr. Miriam Grossman, M.D., recently said, “I’m on a one-woman mission to expose the falsehood of PP’s claims that their sexual health education is not comprehensive or medically accurate; to the contrary, this eminent, federally-funded organization endangers lives by withholding critical biological truths.”

A study, which focused on teens between the ages of 14 and 19 inclusive, used data from Statistics Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to draw correlations between drug use, drunkenness, time spent with a boyfriend or girlfriend and teen decisions about sexual activity.

Planned Parenthood delivers injectables and other contraceptives to rural and indigenous youth in Ecuador.

PP: "Young people are sexual beings and have the right to be fully informed about sexuality and to have access to contraceptives and other services."

The groundbreaking study found more than half (56 per cent) of young adults in a new sexual relationship were infected with the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV).

The National Organization for Women and other feminist groups have vehemently opposed abstinence education while failing to notice that a culture of casual sex hasn’t been so liberating for women.

Feminists have a “deep commitment to girls.” But their commitment does not center on protecting the chastity of girls. Instead, they focus on freeing girls to compete with boys. And that depends on their being “sexually liberated.”

There are no studies confirming the safety of the morning after pill or Plan B.

The danger of AIDS in Uganda

Another concern about Gardasil, the vaccine is designed to protect against four strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV). 

Here you will find the adopted Lambeth Resolutions concerning Life Issues.

Learn ways to counteract the trend of adopting harmful, free-sex philosophies by persuading your school board to adopt an abstinence-until-marriage curriculum.

If parents talk about sex in age appropriate ways at a young age and simply continue to do so through the teenage years, they will remove the pressure of the “one shot” and the awkwardness of “the talk.”

This is a concise and helpful list to help parents engage their kids in living an abstinence lifestyle.

Fr. Pavone believes that, as clergy and as parents, our goal is to encourage chastity, not punish pregnancy.

Sexual education aimed at encouraging contraception use has had no impact on teen pregnancy or abortion rates.

Here are some recommendations from the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families newsletter.

A short article on condom reliability.

Use critical thinking when teaching your children.

Pedophilia advocates, unfazed by national outrage over a 1998 expose', continue to push to normalize the sexual abuse of boys.

British pregnancy rates fell when access to family planning was temporarily restricted.
 

Teens regret sex, are happier when they practice abstinence.

These are the top 5 reasons girls wait before having sex.

The title says it all...

Researchers show that teens are the best at preventing other teens from having sex, and peer pressure may be used in a positive way.

This study gives some insight into when and how teens are having sex.

Teens express regret and experience depression due to their sexual activity.

While sex seems to be a positive experience for boys, girls usually seems to suffer the most.

Bush explains why teen sex is harmful and why abstinence is a positive alternative.

You will be shocked by this information!

Find out the stats on sexually active teens.
The contraceptive Depa-Provera may do more than prevent pregnancy, it may lead to osteoporosis according to 2001 research.
New contraception, NuvaRing, harms women, but this isn't unusual.

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PROJECT LIFE was originally produced by Anglicans for Life and has been modified for use within Catholic parishes and study groups by the CPLC, The Catholic Pro-Life Committee, Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of Dallas, Texas.

Catholic Pro-Life Committee
Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of Dallas
Phone: 972-267-5433 (LIFE)
Email: cplc@ prolifedallas.org
www.prolifedallas.org
Fax: 972-385-3851

Designed for youth ministers, parents, and teachers, this booklet provides discussion topics, with facts, stats, and studies concerning abstinence, STDs, eating disorders, and includes parenting resources.

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PRAYER FOR LIFE Lord God, thank You for creating human life in Your image. Thank You for my life and the lives of those I love. Thank You for teaching us through Scripture the value You place on life. Help me to uphold the sanctity of life in my church and community. Give me the strength to stand up to those forces
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