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“Pro-Abstinence
Stories
FINALLY Getting Some Ink!”
You are Already Having an Impact! It
never ceases to amaze me how incredible you are. Each week
we take Pro-Christian action on real items that affect people's
lives. Whether it is a school board, congressman, or state
attorney general that changes their stripes; it is people like
you that make it happen week in and week out. Thank
you so much for your caring!
This
week your efforts to get the truth out about the phenomenal
success of abstinence only sex education are already seeing results. Frankly,
when we started this campaign late last week, we thought it would
take longer… but one MAJOR member of the media has already risen
to the call and started to question some of the pro-abortion cheerleading
that has been going on by other news writers and columnists.
The Wall Street Journal
Wades In
Who's Misleading Whom?--II
"Columnist Ellen Goodman unwittingly points to yet another error in a
Democratic congressman's critique of "abstinence only" sex-education
programs:
A study released by US Representative Henry Waxman's office
shows that nearly all the most popular programs contain
lessons that are to science what propaganda is to politics.
One text mistakenly says that men and women each contribute
24 chromosomes to their offspring, instead of 23. (Maybe
our tax dollars have paid for the extra chromosome.) Another
suggests that cervical cancer is a result of premarital
sex.
Waxman and Goodman are right about the chromosome count,
though it's hard to see what effect they expect this misinformation
to have on sexual behavior. But as for cervical cancer,
the American
Cancer Society Web site reports that 'you can prevent
most precancers of the cervix by avoiding exposure to the
HPV'--the human papilloma virus, which is sexually transmitted:
Delaying
having sexual intercourse if you are young can help you
avoid HPV infection. Limiting your number of sexual partners
and avoiding sex with people who have had many other
sexual partners lower your risk of exposure to HPV. . . .
Be aware that condoms ("rubbers") cannot protect against
HPV.
...if
the critics want to allege that they [abstinence programs]
are 'misleading,' they ought to be rigorous about the
facts themselves."
-- James
Taranto, Wall Street Journal, Best of the Web |
The Battle
For Truth In Reporting Switches To The Local Media
As
always happens shortly after a story hits the national press
it is parroted in the local media. As this is being written,
newspapers from Portland, Maine to Phoenix, Arizona are going to
press with articles trumpeting Waxman's report. It is very
important that, in addition to signing our petition on this issue,
you also contact your local media and make sure they know the truth.
Ironically,
it is often the small town newspapers that actually report accurately
on issues like this. Yesterday the Fredericksburg
(VA) Freelance Star became one of many, running a story entitled, “The
Waxman goofeth”. You can make a difference on this issue. Here
is some information to provide the media with when you talk to
them:
- The
Centers for Disease Control's Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed
a decrease in the number of teens who were sexually active
from 1991 (54%) to 2003 (47%).
- The National Center for Health Statistics reports that fewer
teens are having premarital sex. The report shows that dramatic
gains have been made for both male and female teens, and that
about half of teens are virgins.
- Ninety-two percent of teens say they should be given
a strong message from society about abstinence
- The majority
of sexually experienced teens regret being sexually
active.
- There are currently 10 studies, four of which were
published in peer-reviewed journals, showing the effectiveness
of abstinence education in reducing teen sexual activity.
- An April 2003 study published in Adolescent and Family
Health found that increased abstinence accounted for 67
percent of the decline in the pregnancy rate for teen girls
ages 15 to 19.
- An August 2004 study published in the Journal of Adolescent
Health attributes 53 percent of the decline in pregnancy rates
for 15-17 year olds to decreased sexual activity, which was larger
than the decline attributed to contraceptive use.
Help Us Fight At The Critical National
Level So That We Can Begin A Positive Trickledown To The Local
Media And Get The Truth Out!
If
you have not done so already, please take a moment and sign our
petition to encourage the media to tell the truth about the amazing
success of abstinence only sex education and ignore the propaganda
from the abortion lobby.
You
Can Make a Difference .... You
ARE Making a Difference!
Please
consider joining our petition to the media on this
critical issue.
http://www.voicesheard.org/pet/pet-waxman.php
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If
you have already signed our Petition
We
ask that you forward this email to others who would be
interested in knowing the facts. Through abstinence
education, your involvement, and the Lord's help - we
can prevent many needless abortions.
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