Tag: Abstinence
In Rare Cases, Pope Justifies Use of Condoms
By RACHEL DONADIO and LAURIE GOODSTEIN November 21, 2010.
Print: New York Times
Under pressure from critics, Pope Benedict XVI grudgingly rules that condom use can be justified in some cases to help stop the spread of AIDS, the Vatican’s first exception to a long-held policy banning contraceptives.
Why teaching abstinence is secularly healthy!
Teaching self control is secularly healthy! March 30, 2010.
Print: Newsweek
Congress loves abstinence-only programs so much it has thrown big bucks at them. The public? It’s got better ideas.
The Future of Abstinence
Sarah Kliff October 29, 2009.
Print: Newsweek
For as long as anyone can remember, McLennan County has been abstinence country. Nestled in the heart of Bible-Belt Texas, it’s the kind of place where the local newspaper prints “In God We Trust” on the front page of every edition. So when the McLennan County Collaborative Abstinence Program (MCCAP) came to her a little more than a decade ago, offering an abstinence-only sex education program, she says, “It was the answer to our prayers. It was exactly the way we wanted to go.” All that may change with a recent federal funding cut for abstinence only programs.
