“Doctors denounce abstinence-only education”
Read an Associated Press story, “Doctors denounce abstinence-only education.” It’s posted by MSNBC.
Category: Abortion & birth control
Teen Births
The National Center for Health Statistics posts statistics about teen births.
Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 15 Years
Read the federal government’s report on preliminary births data for 2006. It says that the birth rate for teens rose in 2006 – the first increase since 1991. This is the full report by the National Center for Health Statistics is also available. The 2006 increase came on the heels of a record low set […]
Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002
A federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on teenage sexual activity and contraceptive use.
Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures: Men and Women 15-44 Years of Age, United States, 2002
A report from the national Center for Health Statistics that includes figures on sexual behavior among U.S. teens. It says, among other things, that 25 percent of 15-year-old boys have had vaginal intercourse, and the figure jumps to 62 percent for 18-year-old males. The corresponding figures for girls were 26 percent and 70 percent, respectively.
Secular media and religion
Why should the secular media cover religion? By Gayle White The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Why should the secular media cover politics? Or science? Or sports? Because they are part of human life and contribute to the order of society. Often, religion provides the “why” in the equation of a story. Faith motivates people, groups and, at […]
“Five Years of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education: Assessing the Impact”
An Advocates for Youth report that looks at the period from 1998-2003.
“Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs”
The full report by Mathematica Policy Research Inc. on the effectiveness of four abstinence-education programs. According to the study, released in April 2007, participants “were no more likely than control group youth to have abstained from sex and, among those who reported having had sex, they had similar numbers of sexual partners and had initiated […]
“Abortion and Rights of Terror Suspects Top Court Issues”
• A poll released Aug. 3, 2005, by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that 78 percent of Americans favor allowing public schools to provide students with birth control information while 76 percent believe schools should teach teenagers to abstain from sex until marriage. Solid majorities in every major religious […]