Sentences with phrase «of abstinence only»

$ ex education will consist of abstinence only.

Not exact matches

Some days you can find a burger or lasagna oozing with cheese in the Cantina — we haven't taken an abstinence - only approach to nutrition management — but on an average day, more than half of our employees eat a salad, even when presented with yummier choices.

He's never really tried to sell himself as a family man in the traditional sense and wears the hypocrisy of his political commitment to abortion restrictions and abstinence - only sex education very lightly.

While some programs also encourage abstinence or noncoital sex, most are concerned with teaching techniques for «safe sex»; offspring (and disease) are thus treated as (equally) avoidable side effects of sexuality, whose true purpose is only individual pleasure.

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.

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.

Out - of - wedlock pregnancy is highest in areas that have abstinence only education.

But the purity movement doesn't want the dangers of sex realistically discussed or it would be behind truly educational sex education rather than abstinence only programs.

Most important, there was general agreement that the goal of total abstinence is the only realistic and humane one in counseling with alcoholics.

A more substantive rebuttal is Scanzoni and Mollenkott's assertion following Thielicke that only with the gift of celibacy freely chosen can abstinence be a creative alternative for fulfilling one's God - intended humanity (here is the exception clause under which Jesus» and Paul's humanity can be viewed).

«A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that abstinence - only» education can be effective in delaying sexual activity among sixth - and seventh - grade children.

It has been proven that those trying to use abstinence only have the highest rates of unwanted and teenage pregnancy.

It is sad that many conservative parents try and teach abstinence only and don't have the addendum sane parents tack on of»... but if you are going to ignore my warnings and do it anyway, at least be safe and use protection...».

«The abstinence - only approach to s.ex education is not supported by the extensive body of scientific research on what works to protect young people from HIV / AIDS, se.xually transmitted infections (STIs), and unplanned pregnancy.

An assessment of the peer - reviewed, published research reveals no evidence that abstinence only programs delay se.xual initiation or reduce STIs or pregnancy.»

The beliefs of others impact even non-believers lives through the laws that they promote, e.g. bans on gay marriage, creationism in science class, reduced stem - cell research, abstinence only se.x ed., etc., etc..

Only abstinence outside of marriage and faithfulness within it could properly control the disease.

It wasn't the only message being disseminated, of course: Merely suggesting abstinence as a public health measure was viewed by some as an irresponsible intrusion of religious fundamentalism into politics.

The Mulford Study (see Chapter 2) showed that only 37 percent of Protestants and 11 percent of Catholics practiced total abstinence.

Back to those who would restrict sex education with the express purpose of preventing sexual activity, Bioethicist Arthur Caplan made the following observations in regard «abstinence only» programs:

Once someone develops alcohol use disorder, chances of responsible cutting down are virtually nil — the person has become dependent on alcohol to a point beyond their control, and the only recourse is treatment at a professional alcohol detox center, followed by a future of total abstinence.

One of these errors has to do with only discussing abstinence.

You should also stress that, aside from abstinence, condoms are the only method of contraception that offers reliable protection from sexually transmitted diseases.

Even though I know you're not making the argument, that argument is similar to «A lot of teens won't wear the condoms if we teach them to, so we should just teach abstinence only.»

I liken it to safe sex education: If you only preach abstinence then those who will do otherwise (for many reason) will not have the information to keep themselves and others safe, but if you speak of the benefits of abstinence and acknowledge it won't work for everyone and then teach safe sex on top of it, well, you're making sure more people are safe.

Ssempa, who is associated with Saddleback pastor Rick Warren and is a recipient of U.S. funds to combat HIV / AIDS through «abstinence only» programs, has been linked to prior public vigilante campaigns against LGBT people.

Slaughter says the 2008 elections not only put President - elect Barack Obama in the White House but also increased the ranks of senators and representatives who share her opposition to funding abstinence education.

Abstinence is the only way to be 100 percent safe - but one - third of the new cases of chlamydia in NYC are in teenagers and a significant percentage of our teenagers have had multiple sexual partners, so we can't stick our heads in the sand about this,» Chancellor Walcott said.

Many of these programs, including 12 - step plans such as Alcoholics Anonymous, often embrace at least some aspects of an abstinence - only approach and reliance on a «higher power.»

Legally, what to teach kids about sex at school is frequently left to the discretion of local school boards, which often hire outside abstinence - only contractors to do the job.

Because of overwhelmingly increased federal funding for abstinence - only courses, that is often what students are taught.

Laura Koutsky, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington who led the studies on Gardasil, says that the abstinence - only message doesn't protect children who ignore it.

Definitions of smoking abstinence were generally poor, and only five of the 10 studies assigned patients to smoking categories on the basis of smoking status recorded at six months or more after diagnosis.

Patients were followed up for smoking status at six months or longer in five studies, 16 22 23 26 28 but smoking was only measured at the time of diagnosis or treatment in four studies, 17 21 24 27 and follow - up was not defined in one study.25 Two studies defined quitting as continuous abstinence from within six months of starting treatment to longest follow - up, 22 23 and one study defined quitting as continuous abstinence during and after treatment.21 The remaining studies did not give a definition of quitting.

«After only two days of abstinence, sperm from patients with male factor infertility initiate a process of quality degradation,» Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer - Sheva, Israel, and colleagues report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

Raw flour (not eggs, as one might think) in General Mills» cookie dough was the culprit of a recent E. coli outbreak, but the government's «abstinence» - only recommendation isn't exactly necessary.

«But there are certainly limits,» she says, «and we often see improvement only after months of complete abstinence and giving the brain time to heal.»

Help us enrich the conversation about the delights (and potential drawbacks) of sober living (abstinence - only or otherwise).

Since such programs promote abstinence only they tend to give only the disadvantages of birth control, she says.

As to proper spacing of children, traditional cultures do not practice birth control; the proper spacing was therefore only regulated by the periods of abstinence from sexual activity observed in most cultures alongside of the fasting regiments.

If all foods raise insulin, then the only logical answer is the complete voluntary abstinence of food.

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The problem with saying that abstinence is the «only» approach for someone who is struggling with alcohol is that excludes people who are trying to make a change in their life before they hit some kind of crazy rock bottom, lose their job, destroy their relationship, or end up in jail.

The implant is considered the most effective form of birth control next to abstinence with only 0.05 % of women getting pregnant.

But the majority of abstinence training only teaches half of the.

I have not read the comments, but I can imagine given the title of the article that some will say, marriage (yup, if both are faithful) or abstinence (I'm not touching on asexuality or abstaining due to religious beliefs, but I doubt most on dating sites are interested in that path) are the only paths to protection.

It reminded me of the hapless drive to teach abstinence only sex education in high schools.

«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.

Thankfully, in the wake of the overwhelming evidence that abstinence - only programs fail to keep anyone abstinent or safe, more states are now offering at least some real sexuality education.

Adults under age 30 are more likely than older adults to see the benefit of abstinence - only sex education programs, according to an online poll by the Harris Group.