The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

New .xxx domain viewed as unlikely to conceal Net porn
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Sex sites will soon be able to sign up for Web addresses in the .xxx Internet domain, but a virtual red light district won’t guarantee that people can avoid pornography online, Internet experts said on Thursday.
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Love affects the brain like thirst, hunger
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 31 (UPI) — Romantic love affects people’s brains much the same as hunger, thirst and cravings for drugs, U.S. researchers say. When you’re in the throes of this romantic love it’s overwhelming, you’re out of control, you’re irrational, researcher Helen Fisher of Rutgers University, […]

Oxytocin makes people more trusting
LONDON, June 2 (UPI) — People are more likely to trust their money to someone else if they sniff oxytocin, a brain chemical nicknamed the “love hormone,” Swiss researchers say.
The naturally occurring compound, triggered by a number of stimuli that include sex and breastfeeding, is known as being important to forming […]

The Education of Shelby Knox
FILM SYNOPSIS
As the nation reflects on the outcome of the recent presidential election, moral values is a factor often cited in George Bush’s win. A look at the red and blue states paints a picture of red voters who embrace traditional religion and family life, and reject what they see […]

Teen Pregnancy Rate Said Down in Oklahoma
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 31, 2005; 7:20 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s teen pregnancy rate has declined in recent years, but the state still has the nation’s eighth-highest teen pregnancy rate, health officials said.
“We still have a long, long way to go, but we’re making progress,” said James Allen, […]

[Jessemyn Pekari, Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 05/11/05]
By now, millions have read the latest theory on why Jennifer Wilbanks ran away from soon-to-be-husband John Mason. “Chastity made her do it.” That’s right. The evil chastity monster has once again reared its ugly head and driven someone – well, on a Greyhound bus to […]

[Wall Street Journal, 05/12/05]
Pornography helped drive the early adoption of new technologies such as the VCR and the Internet. Now, wireless providers in many countries are counting on sex to spur the use of their broadband cellphone services.
Customers of French operator Orange, for instance, can view video clips on their cellphones from the company’s […]

[Jewish World Review, Michelle Malkin, 05/25/05]
Here’s a rich irony: I’m writing today about a new children’s book, but I can’t describe the plot in a family newspaper without warning you first that it is entirely inappropriate for children.
The book is “Rainbow Party” by juvenile fiction author Paul Ruditis. The publisher is Simon Pulse, a […]

[Associated Press, 05/24/05]
Maryland’s largest school district is scrapping sex education materials that have come under fire for implying that homosexuality is a biological trait and for demonstrating how to put on a condom.
The Montgomery County school board voted Monday to rethink its curriculum, weeks after a federal lawsuit was filed by two groups who said […]

[Agence France Presse, 05/12/05]
On May 12, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit reported that new HIV/AIDS infections in the Philippines have risen to twice the rate of the 1990s. Since 2000, on average, 20 people have contracted HIV each month, up from roughly 10 cases per month in the 1990s, the minister announced. The world’s 12th most […]

[This Day, 05/13/05]
” If we really believe that abstinence till marriage and fidelity to your marital partner is the true solution to the plague, it is to this that we [should] be committing the lion’s share of the funds deployed to combat HIV.”
This commentary, written by Damola Awoyokun of Lagos, Nigeria to their President, points […]

[Washington Post, 05/18/05]
[Last week], the Bush administration pulled back from a plan that would have required grassroots AIDS organizations overseas partly funded with US money to declare their opposition to prostitution and sex trafficking. AIDS organizations that are directly funded by the US government or a federally funded charity are currently required to make the […]

[LoneStarReport, 05/20/05]
Despite the State Board of Education’s decision to teach abstinence, the Texas legislature has denied the funding necessary to purchase abstinence education curricula.
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[WorldNetDaily, 04/29/05]
The latest expose from Dr. Judith Reisman
Read all about the connection between the Kinsey Institute and the pornography industry. You’ll be surprised by what you find….or will you? Sources for this story may be obtained by visiting drjudithreisman.org.
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[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 05/25/05]
In a recently published study, researcher Reginald Finger, M.D. analyzed the data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth and confirmed what other scientists have said – virginity pays – quite literally, in some cases.
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[Associated Press, 05/24/05]
In the face of a federal lawsuit, Maryland’s largest school district has decided to scrap part of its sex education program.
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[BMJ, 05/21/05]
The current prospects for developing an effective HIV vaccine are “poor” because of multiple research challenges, participants at a New York Academy of Sciences and AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition HIV vaccine symposium in New York City said last week, BMJ reports.
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Oral contraceptives boost herpes shedding
[Reuters Health, 05/13/05]
For women with genital herpes, taking oral contraceptives can double the likelihood of actively shedding the virus and so passing on the infection, a new study shows.
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[The Post, 05/20/05]
RWANDA has seen a dramatic drop in HIV/AIDS prevalence due to concerted efforts, Rwanda’s First Lady Jeannette Kagame said yesterday.
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[Press Release, 05/18/05]
Teen pregnancy rates decline 41% after state adopts policy mandating abstinence education in public schools. According to numbers released earlier this month by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, pregnancy rates among Georgia teens, ages 15-17, declined 41 percent from 1994 to 2003. Preventing teenage pregnancy is critical to the Department […]

[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 05/25/05]
In an effort to draw support for the REAL Act, the most recent attempt to reallocate abstinence money to contraceptive-based sex education programs, Hannah Bruckner was featured in a research briefing held on Capitol hill last Thursday. Bruckner is the co-author of the recent virginity pledge study with Peter Bearman […]

[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 05/25/05]
With evidence showing that violent sex crimes are tied to hardcore pornography, presenters at the Summit on Pornography: Obscenity Enforcement, Corporate Participation and Violence Against Women and Children held last Thursday (May 19) drew the obvious connection that pornography is harmful to society. And since pornography can be as […]

[Gary Swant, president SAFE, Inc. 05/20/05]
The Montana Department of Health and Human Services, (MTDHHS) has a program entitled the Montana Abstinence Partnership (MAP) which is funded through federal Title V funds at approximately $180,000.00 per year. This program was started under Governor Racicot and continued under Governor Martz. Both of these governors were […]

[Montgomery Advertiser, 05/18/05]
Wetumpka High School junior Shatoria Hunt teaches sixth-grade students to wait until marriage before having sex. As an abstinence* educator, Hunt represents a growing trend in the country….
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The pills are the problem.
“The Pill may cause permanent loss of sex drive,” By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor 26 May 2005
The contraceptive pill, celebrated for liberating women’s sexuality, may do the opposite, according to American researchers who have warned that women who take the Pill may experience a permanent decline in sexual […]

CWA Withdraws From National Consensus Process Crouse says Floundering Young People Need Leadership
To: National Desk
Contact: Rebecca S. Jones of Concerned Women for America
WASHINGTON, June 1 /Christian Wire Service/ — Concerned Women for America (CWA) announced its withdrawal today from the National Consensus Process (NCP), an effort convened by Dr. David Satcher […]