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NEWS ABOUT: abstinence

abstinence stories: 25 news summaries

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(Newser) - The evangelical stress on abstinence until marriage is fantastic, writes Mark Regnerus—himself devout—in Christianity Today, "but promoting it has come at a cost." Doing so has "turned our attention away from the damage that Americans are doing to the institution of marriage by discouraging... More »

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marriage • church • Christians • evangelicals • abstinence • young males • Mark Regnerus

(Newser) - Pro-abstinence Tennessee State Sen. Paul Stanley has stepped down in the wake of revelations that he had an affair with his 22-year-old intern, reports AP. The 47-year-old married father of two admitted the affair to investigators after his intern's boyfriend allegedly attempted to blackmail Stanley for $10,000. "Due... More »

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blackmail • extortion • Tennessee • affair • abstinence • Paul Stanley • Memphis • sexual abstinence • state senator

Jonas Brothers 'Tested and Tested' on Abstinence: Mom

She won't hate them if they 'make mistake'

Jun 3, 09 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fame doesn’t exempt sons from being embarrassed by their moms. Just ask the Jonas Brothers, who may be a little red-faced at reading what mom Denise told Good Housekeeping about their sex lives. “They are men. They have desires,” she said. “If they make a mistake,... More »

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entertainment • sex • gossip • abstinence • Jonas Brothers • Nick Jonas • Denise Jonas • Kevin Jonas • Joe Jonas

 Wanna Have Sex? 
 Picture 'Screaming 
 Baby': Bristol 

Teen mom ensures years of therapy for her child with one comment

May 20, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bristol Palin thinks the best advertisement for abstinence is “a screaming newborn baby,” she tells People in a look at the life of a teenage mom. “If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex,” says Bristol, who graduated high school last week,... More »

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abstinence education • abstinence • teen pregnancy • teen sex • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

OPINION

 Abstinence 
 Backer Bristol  
 No Hypocrite 

Media attacks miss the point: she's a 'natural messenger'

May 8, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bristol Palin has gotten a media drubbing for hypocrisy in her new role as abstinence advocate—but such attacks are wholly undeserved, writes Nancy Gibbs in Time. The “true hypocrisy,” one could say, was at the Republican convention, which portrayed a falsely simple happy-ending message. In fact, “... More »

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pregnancy • abstinence • teen pregnancy • Bristol Palin

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's campaign to preach birth control with a baby at home again proves what Meghan McCain has always known: Republicans don't "get" sex. "God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence," she writes in her Daily... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • birth control • birth control pill • abstinence • Meghan McCain • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • sexual abstinence

 Bristol Touts Abstinence;
 Levi Calls Unrealistic 

Contradicts earlier comment; says Tripp 'love of my life'

May 6, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - On a tour with a group battling teen pregnancy, Bristol Palin made a stop on Good Morning America, calling abstinence “realistic"—thus contradicting an earlier comment, the New York Daily News reports. “Abstinence is the only way that you can effectively, 100%, full-proof way to prevent pregnancy,... More »

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Good Morning America • abstinence • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

 Third Woman: 
 Paraguay Prez 
 Fathered My Kid 

Paternity scandal grows, but so far no political fallout

Apr 23, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The paternity scandal surrounding Paraguay’s president, a former bishop, has reached new heights: A third woman says he fathered her child, McClatchy reports. Fernando Lugo recently acknowledged paternity of a 2-year-old; soon after, another woman said he was her 6-year-old’s dad. She filed an official paternity claim yesterday,... More »

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children • president • Paraguay • father • abstinence • bishop • scandal • Fernando Lugo • paternity

Abstinence Vows Don't Work: Study

Teens who pledge purity still do it, and they use protection less

Dec 29, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Taking an abstinence pledge made teenagers no less likely to have sex before marriage but significantly less likely to use contraceptives when they did have sex, the Washington Post reports. “Previous studies would compare a mixture of apples and oranges,” said Janet Rosenbaum, the author of a new... More »

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contraception • study • sex • research • abstinence education • abstinence • premarital sex • condoms

 Couple Saves First
Kiss for Wedding Day

Couple takes first kiss on wedding day

Nov 29, 08 3:42 PM CST
(Newser) - A kiss was more than just a kiss for one Chicago couple, who vowed that they would not smooch—or engage in any other kind of physically amorous activity—until today, their wedding day, the Chicago Tribune reports. “It really tested us and encouraged us to grow closer in... More »

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Chicago • marriage • sex • wedding • abstinence

OPINION

 Hookups Won't
 Ruin Her Life

Flings help today's young women
grow and learn

Aug 5, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - New books are urging girls in the "hookup generation" to stay chaste, but Tracy Clark-Flory trumpets the virtues of casual sex in Salon. While abstinence authors rate women as whores or angels, the 24-year-old argues that hookups help women vet partners physically and emotionally. Today's females take a feminist... More »

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feminism • relationship • abstinence • premarital sex • opinion

OPINION

 Evangelicals Fall
 for Obama's Line

'Gullible' voters don't recognize 'Marxism couched in religion'

Jul 29, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama talks such a good game that he may fool a sizable contingent of evangelicals into supporting him, David N. Bass writes in the right-wing American Spectator. "Unlike past Democratic presidential nominees, he's not schizoid when it comes to talking about his own faith (which, admittedly, is... More »

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religious right • reproductive rights • Barack Obama • sex education • evangelicals • abstinence • Rick Warren

Teen Sex Rate Stops Dropping

Condom use also levels off, reviving debate about abstinence sex ed

Jun 5, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A decade-long drop in the teen sex rate leveled off between 2001-2007 and it may now be slowly rising again, the Washington Post reports. The government survey of thousands of high school students also found that an increase in condom use flattened out in 2003. The numbers have alarmed public... More »

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birth control • condom • abstinence education • abstinence • teen pregnancy • teen sex • teenager

 Celeb Virgins
 Find Chastity a Hit 

Young stars with snow-white images winning fans

Apr 1, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young stars are defying the "sex sells" mantra by rising to success while emphasizing their virginity, ABC reports. Teen heart-throbs like Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, as well as older celebs like Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima, appear to be part of a growing modesty movement and say... More »

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sex • Miley Cyrus • abstinence • Adriana Lima • Jonas Brothers • virginity • teenager

Women Reclaim Virginity
Through Faith, Surgery

Growing number seek to stake a new claim to innocence

Feb 28, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Efforts to reclaim lost virginity appear to be gaining steam across the country, MSNBC reports. More young women are declaring a sexual do-over, with some even opting for surgical replacement of the hymen, say doctors who’ve seen an increase in the procedures. “I felt really bad from a... More »

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women • marriage • religion • sex • sexuality • Virginity Rules • abstinence education • abstinence • virginity

Bush Pushes Abstinence in AIDS Program

In Tanzania, president prods Congress to renew global aid pact

Feb 17, 08 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush urged Congress today to “stop squabbling” and renew his global AIDS program, which provides medication and treatment for millions and earmarks funds for abstinence efforts. In Tanzania, his African tour’s second stop, Bush signed a $700 million aid package, saying, “We don’t want people... More »

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Barack Obama • Tanzania • aid • abstinence education • Liberia • Rwanda • abstinence • HIV/AIDS • Ghana • US Congress • Benin • Jakaya Kikwete • AIDS prevention • PEFPAR • George W. Bush

Bush's Unsung AIDS Policy

Under-the-radar program saves
millions in Africa

Jan 5, 08 6:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A little known, $19-billion program has provided medicine to 1.4 million AIDS-stricken Africans and may be President Bush's most enduring success story, the New York Times reports.  “I’m amazed at how little (Americans) know about Pepfar,” said one Ugandan doctor of the program. Africans... More »

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Africa • PEPFAR • abstinence • HIV/AIDS • George W. Bush

OPINION

Congress Must Restore College Birth-Control Discounts

2005 omission costly
to female students

Dec 20, 07 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - With Congress sprinting toward its holiday recess, Slate’s Amanda Schaffer urges legislators to correct a 2005 omission that has made birth-control pills much more expensive for college women. With heavily funded federal abstinence programs doing little and teen birth rates back on the rise, now's not the time to... More »

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Congress • birth control pill • abstinence

US Teen Births Rise
for First Time in 15 Years

Some experts are blaming
abstinence-only sex ed

Dec 5, 07 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Teenage births have risen in the US for the first time in 15 years, say government statisticians. CDC officials say it's too early to tell whether the data represent a statistical blip or a real trend. But some experts blame the spike on the administration's focus on abstinence-only sex education,... More »

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abstinence • teen births • teenager

Abstinence Ed. Isn't Slowing Teen Sex

Celibacy-only programs have little 'positive impact,' study argues

Nov 7, 07 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Abstinence-only sex-education courses funded by the federal government are no match for teenage libido, according to a new study from a non-partisan group seeking to reduce teen pregnancy. The study found such programs had less “positive impact” than more comprehensive curricula, the AP reports, and dismissed as myth the... More »

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pregnancy • sex education • abstinence education • safe sex • abstinence • teenager

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