Sentences with phrase «advocate of abstinence»

Or Valerie Huber — a relentless advocate of abstinence - only - until - marriage education programs, despite their lack of basis in fact?

The social disaster couldn't be waved off casually, as Sarah Palin — a strong advocate of abstinence - only sex education — did during her vice presidential campaign when her 16 - year - old daughter's pregnancy was revealed.

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Even though some Christians advocate for the total abstinence of alcohol as a moral mandate for all believers, the Bible never requires all believers to abstain from alcohol.

Those who advocated total abstinence but did not favor prohibition had seen an average of 3.9 alcoholics per year.

Some breastfeeding advocates believe that the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh the risks of drinking and breastfeeding, and that women should focus on combining breastfeeding and alcohol safely, rather than aiming for abstinence, which could be unrealistic.

Consistent with this, antenatal care focuses on minimizing the risk of harm to the future child, whether by advocating for alcohol abstinence in pregnancy, folic acid supplementation to reduce the chance of neural tube defect, or minimizing teratogenic risks of medications in pregnancy.

Graham also was an advocate of sexual abstinence, especially from masturbation, which he regarded as an evil that inevitably led to insanity.

Most NFP methods advocate chaste abstinence (refraining from all sexual activity) during the fertile phase of the cycle if a couple wishes to avoid pregnancy.

The Trump administration has named a national abstinence education advocate to a post at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Planned Parenthood is a leading advocate for school education programs that will keep teens healthy — by including information about abstinence as well as about contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri testified in support of the bill while underscoring that Missouri's current sex education undermines the promise of these bills because it allows for abstinence - only - until - marriage programs and prohibits school districts from bringing in expert sex educators to teach students.