The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

[BoardSource. October 26, 2005]
1. Determine the organization’s mission and purpose. It is the board’s responsibility to create and review a statement of mission and purpose that articulates the organization’s goals, means, and primary constituents served.
2. Select the chief executive. Boards must reach consensus on the chief executive’s responsibilities and undertake a careful search to find the […]

[E-Zine Articles, October 26, 2005]
Props of all kinds can be used to achieve several different effects. Firstly, they add curiosity to your presentation, which means your audience will be more interested in what you have to say. That extra attention from the people you speak to will make you more confident.
Another benefit of props […]

16 year old Taylor Moore addressed the media about the importance of abstinence education. Also speaking was Libby Gray Macke, director of Project Reality.
The Illinois Abstinence Coalition is comprised of approximately 30 state and federally funded abstinence programs.
(Source: Press Release, 10/24/05)

Citing the country’s double digit drop in the HIV infection rate, Museveni said that the promotion of abstinence works. She also added that abstinence from pre-marital sex was normal, attainable, and the best way to fight HIV/AIDS and other STD related infections.
(Source: The New Vision, 10/22/05, http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/462136)

[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-mail Update, 10/26/05]
Jonathan Butler thinks being a virgin in college is a good idea, allowing him to focus on things other than sex. The 19 year old is so confident in the merits of abstinence that he recently formed both an abstinence club and the Colorado Coalition for Relationship Education on the […]

[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 10/26/05]
However, despite Couric’s attempt to blame abstinence education, guest Dr. Marilyn Maxwell was very clear that parents needed to set high standards for their children and to talk to them about the dangers of sex before marriage. Ironically, Couric was quick to share that it was her own fear of […]

[LeAnna Benn, October 24, 2005]
Legitimacy —Written materials lend legitimacy and strengthen the students opinion of healthy concepts of sexuality.
Credibility –Creating credibility for abstinence education with visible tools for educators.
Consistency — Delivering the message with predictable regularity and common information between schools, between teachers and between classes.
Transparency - Parents and community members can know exactly what […]

A useful life can’t be entirely peaceful and carefree
Every earnest man in every generation has paid the price of individuality. You can’t dodge it.
The greater you are, the greater the penalty of your progress. The farther you go and the wider your range, the more you increase the points of contract with which you must […]

To: Arthur Caplan, Director of the Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
From: A.C. Green, President, A.C. Green Youth Foundation
I read your recent commentary on abstinence education (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9504871/), and I must admit, I was very disappointed.
“So what,” you may say, wondering why you should listen to a retired NBA player with no Ph.D. I […]

Last night, David Letterman appologized to his audience because he was distracted by an argument he had with his staff. Then, he explained that because a child was to appear on the show and might overhear, he would not explain. In the end, he did show the headline from the USA TODAY article, […]

Personality Type and Your Coping Strategy
The Sherman Tank: Rides Over People
Consider the issue; stand up if important
The Space Cadet: Lives in Another World
Find and develop their unique gits
The Volcano: Explosive, unpredictable
Remove from the crowd; listen, be honest
The Thumb Sucker: Self-pity, pouts to real trouble
Don’t reward; expose them
The Wet Blanket: Always down
Be honest, don’t cater; don’t […]

[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 10/17/05]
More than 100 students and teachers recently gathered in Kumbo, Cameroon for a one day seminar on how to prevent HIV/AIDS through abstinence education. George Tanah Ndosak, supervisor of the CBC Health Board Youth Network, facilitated the event which trained teachers to clearly communicate the value of abstinence until […]

[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 10/17/05]
Virgins will attend college for free if a Ugandan legislator has his way. This latest encouragement for young women to remain abstinent until marriage is drawing support from many who believe that education is the best chance girls have to dig out from poverty and disease and to build stable, […]

[Affiliate Report, 10/17/05]
Dallas affiliate, Just Say YES, will be highlighted at a luncheon with guest, Dr. Alveda King, niece of the late Martin Luther King. The fundraiser is aimed at increasing awareness for beneficiaries who “empower women to make life affirming choices.” Just Say YES, serves over 40,000 students through high energy multimedia […]

[Affiliate Report, 10/17/05]
The Greene County Pregnancy Care Center is one of its kind in Linton,
IN. Under a new director, the center focuses on abstinence education and
teaches a 3 day program in every Greene County school except one. The
effective and fun program leads to comfortable open discussion and several
students making abstinence until marriage pledges.
(Source: […]

[Affiliate Report, 10/17/05]
Youth Empowerment Services, Inc. of North Charleston, SC maintains a busy fall schedule that reaches more than 1,600 youth with the abstinence until marriage message each month. The group is actively involved in the African American community and reaches out through youth who are part of their empowerment group.
On October […]

[Affiliate Report, 10/21/05]
Youth Empowerment Services, Inc. of North Charleston, SC maintains a busy fall schedule that reaches more than 1,600 youth with the abstinence until marriage message each month. The group is actively involved in the African American community and reaches out through youth who are part of their empowerment group.
On October […]

The American Family Association is urging its members to demand that American Girl cease its support for Girls Inc. which the group believes promotes activities and organizations that are anti-family, including contraceptive-based sex education programs. The protest is in response to a special American Girl campaign in which the company donates the proceeds of […]

October 14, 2005
Dear Friends in the Abstinence Movement,
If you are low on cash or waiting for grant money to come in for school assemblies, we are here to help you out. Stop waiting for that slow-moving bureaucracy to get you those funds and move forward with planning a dynamic year in your schools. […]

Planned Parenthood to address abstinence more
By Cindy V. Culp Tribune-Herald staff writer
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
When it comes to sex education, semantics can make all the difference. Or at least, that’s what the local Planned Parenthood hopes to communicate at a seminar Thursday.
Called Making Sense of Abstinence, the focus of the conference is to give […]

Dr. Ruth Helps Prove Contraception Education Doesn’t Work
MSNBC.com and Zogby International, with help from Dr. Ruth Westheimer, released survey results this week showing that despite the efforts of contraception educators, roughly 61 percent of adults neglect to ask their sexual partners about their STD status before engaging in sexual activity. With more than 56,000 […]

Did you know that it takes 1,000 hours to really get to know someone, which translates into 42 full days, or 250 four-hour dates! Talking and sharing thoughts and feelings are healthy ways to get to know one another. The next time you think you know someone well, think again.

Sex can have another of emotional consequence; it can turn a good relationship bad. Other dimensions of the relationship stop developing. Pretty soon, negative emotions enter the picture. Eventually, they poison the relationship, and what had been a caring relationship comes to a bitter end. Better sex is sex saved for marriage!

What are you advertising? Each day we express our values and morals in the way we present ourselves through our wardrobe. Take this challenge: Reevaluate whats in your closet, are you looking to satisfy who you are or who the world wants you to be?

E-Mail Broadcast
Heartbeat International
To: All Heartbeat Affiliates
From: Beth Diemert, Vice-President
Peggy Wolock, General Counsel
Nathan Burd, Director of Public Policy
Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Recently Heartbeat had the opportunity to speak with two centers in Ohio that were visited by three representatives of the GAO (Government Accountability Office.) The GAO is an agency that works for Congress. Congress […]

[Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update, 10/3/2005]
The real story behind Maine’s departure from the Title V abstinence education funds is finally starting to be revealed. This, according to a report in the Portland Press Herald.
The Press Herald reports that “the federal government tightened its rules for states that use tax dollars to […]

By Leesa Barnes
EzineArticles.com
The seven deadly sins are transgressions that stymie spiritual progress. But what if these sins were applied to business networking? Follow these tips to make your next networking endeavor a heavenly experience.
Pride - Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.
(Source: American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language)
This sin has been called the […]

Shannon Health and Wellness in San Angelo is looking to expand the programs offered in Del Rio, Texas, according to the Del Rio News-Herald. The Right Choices for Youth abstinence education began last year with school, parents and community components.
Since February 2004, some 800 Del Rio middle school and junior high […]

PIA Press Release
09/30/2005
Dumaguete City (30 September) — A high-ranking government official in Dumaguete City is reminding families to go back to the basics of values and spirituality in the midst of overwhelming “social realities that not only threaten the family bond but even shatter it.”
City Vice Mayor William Ablong, in yesterday’s Kapihan sa Philippine […]

Abstinence Clearinghouse E-mail Update
September 30, 2005
Shannon Health and Wellness in San Angelo is looking to expand the programs offered in Del Rio, Texas, according to the Del Rio News-Herald. The Right Choices for Youth abstinence education began last year with school, parents and community components.
Since February 2004, some 800 Del Rio […]

Abstinence Clearinghouse E-mail Update
October 5, 2005
What began last year as an eight-minute speech assignment has grown into an hour-long abstinence presentation delivered by a Minnesota sixteen year-old, reported the Mankato Free Press.
Paul Blaschko, when challenged by his speech coach to speak on something he was passionate about, wrote an edgy skit titled “Jimmy Alders and […]

Abstinence Clearinghouse E-mail Update
October 4, 2005
Morgan Matlock told The Paris News, Texas, that she is “a big fan of abstinence programs.”
Matlock, 2005 Miss Texas, who speaks to Texas students about abstinence through Project SAVE (Sexual Abstinence/Values Education) says, “There is no safe sex. There is certainly no safe sex from the emotional aspect.”
“They are not […]

Abstinence Clearinghouse E-mail Update
October 4, 2005
The American Psychological Association’s Review of General Psychology has published a report tracking attitudes among young people from 1943 through 1999, according to the Washington Times. The report found that approval for premarital sex increased sixfold among young women.
Support was at 12 percent in the 1950s, according […]

by Paul M. Weyrich
The Conservative Voice
September 29, 2005
Abstinence education has a good friend in the Bush Administration. After all, abstinence is the only proven and effective safeguard against unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Good causes in Washington usually earn the enmity of powerful reactionary forces and that is certainly the case with […]

Abstinence Clearinghouse E-mail Update
October 5, 2005
Dear Superintendent,
For more than forty years, contraception sex education programs have been teaching children in public classrooms that sexual activity is acceptable behavior for adolescents and that it can be virtually risk-free. Nationwide, about 90 percent of students receive sex education before high school graduation. (1) Over all, […]

By Karen (Sapp) Willcutts
Friends First Commentary
October 3, 2005
A white dress, black tux, bouquet, and set of rings- these are the makings of a wedding. However, it is not just the pretty wedding that makes a solid marriage; it is the lifelong commitment.
The night I met Scott we talked for three hours in […]

Abstinence Clearinghouse E-mail Update
September 25, 2005
In a pub in Nottingham, England young people wait to hear a band take the stage. At one table sits a group who, by all appearances, blends in with the crowd. The members of that group are virgins, but they are not stereotypical; they are hard-core, lip-pierced, punk […]

SIECUS is an ultracrepidarian when it comes to abstinence education!