Catholics in Alliance For the Common Good
Founded in 2005, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is a lay Catholic organization that promotes Catholic social policy and issues.
Category: Science & health
“Study finds abstinence-only education helps young teens”
A Los Angeles Times story on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study.
“Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education”
A New York Times story on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study.
“Abstinence Education Done Right”
A New York Times editorial on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study, which showed abstinence-only education can help discourage sexual activity.
“CDC Muddies the Water in its Birth Data Announcements”
A Christian Newswire story about Concerned Women for America’s criticism of federal reporting on the new birth rate data.
“Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens, Report Says”
A Washington Post story about a congressional report that found inaccuracies in some government-funded sex education programs that teach abstinence only.
The Education of Shelby Knox
Watch a documentary about 15-year-old, Southern Baptist Shelby Knox; who becomes an unlikely proponent of comprehensive sex education from Lubbock, Texas.
Grading Schools’ Abstinence Efforts
A National Public Radio report about results from the first major national study of abstinence-only education.
“Doctors denounce abstinence-only education”
Read an Associated Press story, “Doctors denounce abstinence-only education.” It’s posted by MSNBC.