Top 10 Reasons NOT to get Pregnant- Pay Attention Teens!

1. Financial- Babies are expensive. Toddlers are expensive. Teenagers are expensive. College graduates are expensive. And that’s only half the lifetime of your child. 2. Situation- If your situation consists of you being a single parent, too young or living with a relative,...

Miss Universe Condom Contest Video: Awareness or Abstinence?

Miss Universe contestants participated in the condom Olympics contest but the event has since came under fire. The video shows Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch blowing up a condom, as an effort to raise AIDS...

Elizabeth Hasselbeck: Bristol Palin Perfect Face of Abstinence

The View co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck is on a publicity tour promoting her new book, The G-Free Diet, but during an appearance on Larry King she talked everything but dieting.  Elizabeth Hasselbeck, a long time...

Abstinence Awareness Youth Forum held in Washington, DC

Youth panelists and speakers discussed the benefits of abstinence, including how it can strengthen the family, during a youth forum held Monday night as part of the Fourth Abstinence Awareness Week in Washington,...

Bristol Palin "Abstinence is not realistic at all"

In her first interview since giving birth, Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren having a child is not "glamorous," and that telling young people to...

Bride, Groom Save Their First Kiss for Altar

Won't kiss on the first date?  How about waiting until marriage?"Melody LaLuz is (soon to be was) a 28-year-old virgin. And she has a lesson for you. Saturday, LaLuz married fellow virgin,...

To Advocate Safe Sex, Thinking Outside The Box Is Required

One of biggest battles in the world today is the fight against AIDS and HIV. It is known that one of the most known methods of contracting this would be through sexual intercourse, let alone unprotected sexual...

Calling B.S. on the Idea of 'Marijuana Addiction'

"It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot -- literally.Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse...

Sexual Abstinence - Can You REALLY Have Intimacy Without Sex? (Video)

What IS Sexual Abstinence? Here’s an excellent definition from SmarterSex.org " Sexual abstinence is a choice to refrain from sexual activity. This choice is usually made for a specific reason....

Sex Abstinence Programs Fail

A new report from the nonpartisan Mathematica Policy Institute concludes that sex abstinence education programs do not make teenagers grow fonder. In fact, the programs have no effect at all. The U.S. Congress...

Sex: Students Are Just Saying "Yes"

Funny enough, students who take abstinence classes are still getting it on. This most likely has to do with their being young teens. Meanwhile, the Bush administration is urging us not to draw any major conclusions from the study, such as "Teens are really into sex", since...

The New Cycle of Dependency

"An op-ed from the Baltimore Sun by Robert Koulish, the France-Merrick professor of service learning at Goucher College, found its way into my local paper."The Bush administration's proposed 2008 budget, which...

Sex History: The U.S., Baby Boomers, and Today

"Sex History: The U.S., Baby Boomers, and Today The Chicago Tribune published an AP story by David Crary this morning, titled "Most Americans Have Had Premarital Sex." I already heard a radio report on it, so I'm guessing the piece - and the study on which it focused - will...

Thirty Something Without the Sex

This is so awesome!  Imagine everyone and everything you have ever seen relating to the age range of 19-29, and then remove sex. Writing comedy is very difficult, and people work their whole lives just to...

Pope-commissioned condom study passes first hurdle

"A study commissioned by Pope Benedict on the use of condoms to fight AIDS has passed its first hurdle and is now being reviewed by top theologians for possible use in a Papal document, a cardinal said on Tuesday. "This is something that worries the Pope a lot," said Cardinal...

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