The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

In 1999 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fast tracked a new drug on its way to the market. Produced by pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., it was a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug popularly known as Vioxx. Within five years, the drug was withdrawn from the market. Vioxx’s short life was due to several unfortunate […]

A new ad from Allstate insurance states, “Even bright, mature teenagers sometimes to things that are stupid.  But when that happens, it’s not really thier fault.  It’s because their brain hasn’t finished developing.  The underdeveloped area is called the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex.  It plays a critical part role in decision making, problem solving and […]

The Kaiser Report summarized the increase in syphilis and concern for HIV in women. CDC analysts said that syphilis cases have risen annually from 2000 to 2005. They estimate that MSM accounted for 7% of syphilis cases in 2000 but for more than 60% in 2005.
 
 
The report recommended, “Some health officials say that the increase […]

For two centuries our forefathers did not have the advantage of any comprehensive sex education.   They had no instruction on how to use condoms because there weren’t any.   They didn’t know about the dangers of what was then known as “venereal disease,”   because they were also extremely rare.    Those were the days when there were […]

Well, I know pizza isn’t really all that “good” for you, but I think this crosses a line. 
Corey Wildeman has opened a pizza delivery store in Winnipeg, Canada. He says his customers are 75-80 percent female. So, what’s the big deal; where’s the story?
Underneath the pizza, on the cardboard box, is a pornographic picture.
“It runs […]