Abstinence Education

Is consistent and correct condom use common?
No.

• Forty percent of unmarried adults used a condom the last time they had intercourse.¹
• Forty-five percent of 15- to 19-year-old boys use a condom consistently.² The number shrinks as they get older: 39 percent of 19-year-old boys use condoms, compared to 70 percent of 16-year-old boys.³ It is important to note this because older teens are more likely to be infected with and transmit STDs. ⁴ (more…)

Congress may be in its last week of business for 2011. So, part of its work this week will be choosing whether or not to support family values in the 9 spending bills it has left to pass for FY2012. With time running out, Congress may negotiate and package those 9 spending bills into one bill called an omnibus (read: a big, fat bill with two or more spending bills included) and then pass the omnibus before week’s end (the temporary measure to fund the government expires this Friday).  Read more

Human depravity runs deep within the heart of mankind. We need not look any further than daily headlines, as evidenced by the recent, massive raid on human sex trafficking operations in Mexico. According to a Global Centurion article, titled “Mass Arrests of Traffickers in Mexican Human Trafficking Raids – U.S. Men Fuel the Trade in Women” …  Read more

My heart was sad when I discovered that Michael Johnson – a married, straight man with HIV/AIDS – had died.  Read more

The following is a compendium of our analysis on the issues of sexual health and risk avoidance.  Click on the links below to go directly to that article.  Read more

What Parents Can Do:  Read more

I. Younger teens (12 to 14 years old)
II. Older teens (15 to 19 years old)
III. Casual sex
IV. Parental awareness and involvement
V. Sex on TV
VI. Teens’ thoughts on teenage sex and abstinence
VII. Adults’ thoughts on teenage sex and abstinence

Note: In this article, the term sexually active means vaginal intercourse. It does not mean other forms of sexual activity. Teens may be very involved in other forms of sexual activity without engaging in vaginal intercourse and thus without being labeled sexually active. (more…)

 General

One in five adults in the United States has an STD.1 It is estimated that 19 million STD infections occur annually, almost half of them among youth ages 15 to 24.   2 (more…)

What is it?

• HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that can cause AIDS.1 It slowly destroys certain blood cells that are critical to the immune system.2 Most people have HIV for years before enough damage is done to their immune system for AIDS to develop.3 (more…)

 I. Contraception
II. Pregnancy
III. Abortion
IV. Motherhood

Disclaimer: Focus on the Family believes that delaying sexual activity until marriage is the standard to protect individuals from the physical, psychological, mental and spiritual consequences of out-of-wedlock sexual behavior. Thus abstinence until marriage education is the standard for public school sexuality education. (more…)