Sentences with phrase «education about abstinence»

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The stubborn commitment to abstinence - only education among many evangelicals struck me as counterproductive to the cause, and those awful statements about how a raped woman has a «way of shutting that whole thing down» to prevent pregnancy were shameful and ignorant.

See what she thinks about prayer in schools, abstinence education, intel design in schools.

More tellingly, the door has been opened for enthusiastic Trump appointees to get creative about pressing states to adopt school voucher programs, abstinence - only sex education, biologically - aligned locker rooms, curbs on PC - speech - restrictive policies on college campuses, and whatever else they can dream up.

, a pro-life ministry in nearby Forest City that provides services to low - income women with children under the age of three and «has a general concern for sharing the love of Jesus Christ through both actions and words» by providing information about prenatal development, abortion and abstinence education.

• Strong evidence suggests that approaches to sex education that include information about both contraception and abstinence help young people to delay sex, and also to have healthy relationships and avoid STDs and unintended pregnancies when they do become sexually active.

It is estimated that only 10 percent of all American school districts have a sexuality education policy that is comprehensive and includes information about contraception and safer sex in addition to abstinence.

Federal funding should be directed toward comprehensive sex education programs that will keep teens healthy — by including information about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

«American families deserve education programs that will keep their teens safe — programs that include information about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.»

This is positive news for America's teens, as federal funding should be directed toward comprehensive sex education programs that will keep teens healthy — by including information about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

It's time for Congress to stop wasting money and start putting teens and parents first by funding comprehensive sex education programs that include messages about both prevention and abstinence,» Richards continued.

Nobody's Fool in Waco is a nationally recognized comprehensive sex education program for young people that encourages abstinence, promotes parent - child communication, and delivers medically accurate and age - appropriate information about sexuality.

As one of the nation's leading providers of medically accurate sex education, Planned Parenthood works closely with the LGBT community on comprehensive sex education that teaches about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication about sex, body image, parent - teen communication and gender identity, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV / AIDS.

We need education programs in our schools that will keep teens healthy and help to reduce teen pregnancy — by including information about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.»

«With President Obama, we have a leader who agrees with what doctors, scientists, parents and teens have been saying for years: comprehensive sex education, including information about abstinence as well as contraception, helps prevent teen pregnancies,» said Richards.

Over the weekend, 15 editorials echoed Planned Parenthood's push to end dangerous «abstinence - only» programs that don't work and to instead invest funding in comprehensive sex education that teaches teens about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

We need education programs in our schools that will keep teens healthy — by including information about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

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.

For example, people who communicate about their sexual likes and dislikes with their romantic partners report higher levels of sexual satisfaction.1, 2 Young people who receive comprehensive sex education are more likely to use condoms and take precautions against unwanted pregnancies compared to those who receive abstinence - only sex education.3 And exposure to people with diverse sexual identities contributes to reductions in stigma and prejudice.4, 5

Nearly six in ten residents (58 %) oppose the provision of state and / or federal funds for education promoting abstinence - only - until - marriage that prohibits teaching about the use of condoms and contraception for the prevention of unintended pregnancy, HIV / AIDS and STDs.

We work to serve families as well as to educate communities, churches, and policy makers about the importance of abstinence and relationship education within both youth development and re-entry programs.

«Minnesotans understand that young people need information about abstinence and contraception and that sex education does not encourage young people to have sex.»

The interesting thing about that is that nine of the Top 10 states all have abstinence - only sex education in their schools.

Sen. Burges also cites the importance of education across Arizona school districts, but excludes Arizona's school children from those she intends to protect, as she supports the largely ineffective abstinence - only sex education instead of comprehensive sex education, preventing students from learning about essential quality of life issues, including how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.