Abstinence: Education
A responsible sex education program necessarily involves two elements: factual information and moral guidelines. While it’s essential to focus on basic anatomy and the physical aspects of human sexuality, that’s only half of the issue. It’s been said that sexual sophistication without sexual responsibility leads to disaster, a fact substantiated by the number of unwanted—often terminated—pregnancies in our nation each year. As parents strive to integrate and teach these factors in the home, it helps to encourage questions, communication, and reflection while exemplifying their own value system.
Features
Abstinence Education: A Selection of Research
A selection of research
Ninth Circuit Court: Parents Have No Rights in Public Schools
In one of the most brazen anti-parental rulings in recent years, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that parental rights stop once children enter their public-school doors.
Planned Parenthood's Campus Crusade
That’s right, besides lectures and labs, many universities also provide extracurricular events, such as the University of Florida’s “Sex on the Lawn.”
Research on Teen Sexual Behaviors and Consequences
2005 research shows a decreasing teen birth rate among other important teen sexual statistics.
Take Twelve: Top 12 Sexual Myths Refuted
Safe-sex promoters have created distortions and myths that have most Americans fooled about the facts surrounding the sex culture.
U.S. Birthrate for Young Teens Hits Lowest Point Since 1946: Why?
November 15, 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report states, “the birthrate among adolescents and young teen girls in the United States fell sharply in the 1990s, hitting a 58-year-low in 2002.”
Zogby 2004 Parental Poll on Sexuality Education
Focus on the Family commissioned Zogby International to conduct a poll of parents to find out what they want taught in sexuality education programs in their children's schools.
Quick Facts
Sexuality Statistical Update
AIDS/HIV Global Statistics Translated into City Populations
Condom Quick Facts
HIV/AIDS Quick Facts
Oral Sex Quick Facts
FAQs
Are there websites for additional information regarding sexuality education?
FAQs on Sexuality, STIs, and Education
Language and Definitions
Can They Do That? Religious Clubs Meet on Campus
Sexual Health Update 2005
Exploring the Issue
Note: Some of these resources refer to sites not produced by FOF. These are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement.
Health Education as Social Advocacy
Family News in Focus
