Actual «
acts of abstinence» succeed in preventing pregnancies 100 % of the time, but that's a totally misleading metric, You are claiming that a METHOD is 100 % effective simply by counting only those times the method worked.
Not exact matches
In the previous chapter we noted one consequence in Augustine's view
of sex in which he justifies sexual
abstinence because the giving up
of temporal love for love
of the eternal is an
act of prudence in view
of the superiority
of the eternal.25
(Some
of us believe in
abstinence as the Biblical standard, but even for those who don't, the predisposition isn't the sin - it is the
act.)
Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby, Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair color, Atheism is a religion like off is a television channel Atheism is a religion like
abstinence is a sex
act Atheism is a religion like health is a disease Atheism has no sacred text, no orthodoxy, no rites or rituals, no houses
of worship... it is not a religion or a faith.
«It Follows»
acts as something
of a PSA for
abstinence as the story is
of a girl who starts being followed by an apparition only she can see after a seemingly normal sexual encounter.
More recently, he has supported the Protection Against Transmission
of HIV for Women and Youth
Act of 2006, which calls for a repeal
of PEPFAR's
abstinence - until - marriage earmark.
The REAL
Act would require that medically accurate, comprehensive sex education programs receive the same level
of funding that dangerous
abstinence - only programs receive from the Bush administration.