The California Department of Public Health has begun a program of providing free condoms by mail to children as young as twelve.

Nearly half of African-American youth report pressure to have sex in this recent survey.

Imagine a book dealing with sex and sexuality, based on the teaching of a man who never married and who quite likely never engaged in sexual intercourse. What I’m describing is the teaching of the late Pope John Paul II in his Theology of the Body.

The following appeared in the Op-Ed section of the New York Times May 19, 2006.  It appears here with the permission of the author. Editor’s Note:  While NOEL does not completely agree with the author’s first two sentences, this article makes a valid point that we felt deserves further consideration by those of us who support abstinence until marriage.

Pope Benedict XVI states that sex education must be replaced by education in marriage and family; love and truth must replace statistics and risks. Children beg for guidance. It is the duty of pro-life teachers to give it to them, and explain to them why true love is never free of commitment-in the best way possible.

Read about how futile federally-funded sex ed is.

American parents strongly support abstinence education for their children.

For the last 50 years, my generation has been programmed to believe that achieving equality in the work force was the key to happiness, prosperity and self-fulfillment.

A study, which focused on teens between the ages of 14 and 19 inclusive, used data from Statistics Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to draw correlations between drug use, drunkenness, time spent with a boyfriend or girlfriend and teen decisions about sexual activity.

PP: "Young people are sexual beings and have the right to be fully informed about sexuality and to have access to contraceptives and other services."

Feminists have a “deep commitment to girls.” But their commitment does not center on protecting the chastity of girls. Instead, they focus on freeing girls to compete with boys. And that depends on their being “sexually liberated.”

Learn ways to counteract the trend of adopting harmful, free-sex philosophies by persuading your school board to adopt an abstinence-until-marriage curriculum.

This is a concise and helpful list to help parents engage their kids in living an abstinence lifestyle.

Here are some recommendations from the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families newsletter.

Use critical thinking when teaching your children.

There is a disgrace in the pro-life movement.

Teens regret sex, are happier when they practice abstinence.

The title says it all...

This study gives some insight into when and how teens are having sex.

While sex seems to be a positive experience for boys, girls usually seems to suffer the most.