Research

What's In A Name (Abstinence Without Hyphens)

By Scott Phelps

At the heart of the abstinence-label problem is, in fact, the hyphen. Hyphens dilute. They denote subsets.

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Marriage Is The Great Equalizer For Blacks

By Roland Warren

As a happily married man, I have been troubled by the oft-stated myth that the institution of wedlock has never been central to the African-American heritage.

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Marriage Is For White People

3/26/2006 By Joy Jones

But as a black woman, I have witnessed the outrage of girlfriends when the ex failed to show up for his weekend with the kids... I made a conscious decision that I wanted a husband, not a live-in boyfriend...

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Abstinence & Marriage: A Clear Link

Read an excerpt from "A Scientific Review of Abstinence and Abstinence Programs" showing the benefit of teen abstinence education.

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Clarity on Cohabitation Report

by Glenn T. Stanton, Focus on the Family

Glenn T. Stanton, Director of family research at Focus on the Family, explores the recent report on cohabitation and conflicting news headlines. Does cohabitation help or hurt?

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Marriage as a Feminist Institution

by Glenn T. Stanton, Focus on the Family

Glenn T. Stanton, Focus on the Family, says you must consider and appreciate how marriage operates as a formative institution and empowers women. After all, the US colonies were made of men bowling in the streets until women came along.

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Marriage is the Missing Message

By Scott Phelps

A healthy society needs pregnancies, and births, and marriages. And it needs to teach its youth that it is best when these occur together.

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Most Students Choose Abstinence

Rates of teen births and abortions have decreased. Research shows most high school students are not sexually active.

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Three Keys for Talking About Teen Pregnancy

By Scott Phelps

“Three Keys” which can help in talking to your teens and pre-teens about choosing abstinence.

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The Case for Maintaining Abstinence Funding

7/24/2009 by Katherine Bradley and Christine Kim

According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in FY 2008, HHS spent $4 on programs that promote "safe sex" and contraception to teens for every $1 spent on abstinence education.

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