May 14, 2008
Blocking Medicaid Rules: Hurting Families and Taxpayers Alike
By Daniel Patrick Moloney, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1924)
Congress is about to make a bad decision on Medicaid that will affect taxpayers and families alike. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), ...
October 27, 2005
Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement
By Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Conference Paper )
There is strong and widespread support of teaching sexual abstinence to American teens. Over 90 percent of parents, at a minimum, want teens to be ...
June 14, 2005
Adolescent Virginity Pledges and Risky Sexual Behaviors
By Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Conference Paper )
Analysis shows that viginity pledgers have lower STD rates than non-pledgers.
June 14, 2005
Virginity Pledgers Have Lower STD Rates and Engage in Fewer Risky Sexual Behaviors
By Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #762)
Counter to some recent research, this analysis shows that viriginity pledges do make a difference.
June 14, 2005
Adolescent Virginity Pledges, Condom Use, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Young Adults
By Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Conference Paper )
Analysis shows that viginity pledgers have lower STD rates than non-pledgers.
May 5, 2005
More Evidence of the Effectiveness of Abstinence Education Programs
By Melissa G. Pardue
(WebMemo #738)
Another report shows that abstinence education works.
December 2, 2004
Waxman Report Is Riddled with Errors and Inaccuracies
By Melissa G. Pardue
(WebMemo #615)
A new report from Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) and the minority staff of the House Committee on Government Reform, The Content of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only ...
September 21, 2004
Teens Who Make Virginity Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life Outcomes
By Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(Center for Data Analysis Report #04-07)
Recently released Add Health survey data indicate that adolescents who make a virginity pledge will have fewer sexual partners and are less likely to experience ...
August 10, 2004
Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence: A Study of Competing Curricula
By Shannan Martin, Robert Rector, and Melissa G. Pardue
(Special Report )
As this Heritage Foundation Report proves, "abstinence-plus" is simply not abstinence education.
March 30, 2004
Adolescents Who Take Virginity Pledges Have Lower Rates of Out-of-Wedlock Births
By Kirk A. Johnson
(Center for Data Analysis Report #04-04)
Young women who take a virginity pledge are about 40 percent less likely to have a child out of wedlock than similar young women who ...
March 30, 2004
Facts about Abstinence Education
By Robert E. Rector
(WebMemo #461)
Efforts to redirect funds to programs deceptively labeled as support for "abstinence plus" or "comprehensive sex ed" would take funding away from abstinence education and ...
January 28, 2004
What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?
By Robert E. Rector, Melissa G. Pardue, and Shannan Martin
(Backgrounder #1722)
A nationally representative Zogby International poll shows that American parents overwhelmingly, and in some cases almost unanimously, support the themes and messages of abstinence education ...
January 14, 2004
Government Spends $12 on Safe Sex and Contraceptives for Every $1 Spent on Abstinence
By Melissa G. Pardue, Robert E. Rector, and Shannan Martin
(Backgrounder #1718)
Given the alarming content of most comprehensive sex-ed programs, and given the current funding imbalance between contraceptive promotion and abstinence programs, any new monies devoted ...
June 26, 2003
The Harmful Effects of Early Sexual Activity and Multiple Sexual Partners Among Women: A Book of Charts
By Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., Lauren R. Noyes, Shannan Martin
(Executive Summary )
This report examines the linkages between early initiation of sexual activity, number of nonmarital sex partners, and human well-being.
June 3, 2003
Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide
By Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Lauren R. Noyes
(Center for Data Analysis Report #03-04)
Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed
May 2, 2003
Increased Abstinence Causes a Large Drop in Teen Pregnancy
By Melissa G. Pardue
(Executive Memorandum #872)
Abstinence programs, endorsed by President Bush and many in Congress, have long been advocated as effective in reducing sexual activity and out-of-wedlock childbearing rates among ...
April 8, 2002
The Effectiveness of Abstinence Education Programs in Reducing Sexual Activity Among Youth
By Robert E. Rector
(Backgrounder #1533)
Real abstinence education is essential to reducing out-of-wedlock childbearing, preventing sexually transmitted diseases, and improving emotional and physical well-being among the nation's youth.
August 31, 1995
Combatting Illegitimacy and Counseling Teen Abstinence: A Key Component of Welfare Reform
By Joseph J. Piccione and Robert A. Scholle
(Backgrounder #1051)
Policymakers should promote reforms that encourage personal responsibility; only this can rescue another generation from dependency.
