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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; abstinence</title>
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		<title>Author gives another look at purity</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/23/author-gives-another-look-at-purity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bill Bumpas She&#8217;s not the first one to challenge teens to remain pure before marriage.  But author Elsa Kok Colopy tells OneNewsNow what she&#8217;s talking about in her book is real purity &#8212; not just about a bunch of&#8221; do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts.&#8221; &#8220;The book is titled Pure Love, Pure Life because I just believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the world: one college campus at a time</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/21/changing-the-world-one-college-campus-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/21/changing-the-world-one-college-campus-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Joanna Hyatt This past summer, I spent a fantastic weekend as one of about 40 international students who attended the Ruth Institute&#8217;s &#8220;It Takes a Family&#8221; 2011 conference (ITAF). While there, I met two students from the University of Pittsburgh, Joseph Petrich and Alex Souchuns. Both are involved in the Anscombe Society on campus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is abstinence education working?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/25/is-abstinence-education-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/25/is-abstinence-education-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Charlie Butts Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America (CWA) says the truth is that teen birth rates have been dropping for several years now, and the stats from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are good news. &#8220;[Teen birth rates] dropped nine percent. This is about the third year in a row when these have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Be a Catholic Woman on Campus</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/20/how-to-be-a-catholic-woman-on-campus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/20/how-to-be-a-catholic-woman-on-campus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Advice to incoming freshmen — from someone with experience. Oct. 23 issue feature. by ASHLEY CROUCH The parting words of a friend still rang in my ears, “You have your whole life ahead of you. The world at your feet.” I mustered up all the wisdom I possessed from my 18 years, gathered my bags [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex survey now a standardized test for youngsters</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/21/sex-survey-now-a-standardized-test-for-youngsters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/21/sex-survey-now-a-standardized-test-for-youngsters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bob Kellogg Beginning next spring, fifth-, eighth-, and tenth-grade students in the DC schools will take a 50-question sexual education standardized test. But Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council (FRC) says that is raising some concerns. &#8220;Bringing it to the level of actually having standardized testing means that not only will students be given this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Chaste Marriage&#8217; for Today</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/21/chaste-marriage-for-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/21/chaste-marriage-for-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jim Tonkowich “Treat yourself,” my friend said. “It will be a shot in the arm for your marriage.” He was encouraging me to read Pius XI’s December 1930 encyclical, Casti Connubii (Chaste Marriage). As it turns out, it’s more than a treat. It’s strong medicine for what ails marriage more than eighty years after it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginity Rising</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/12/virginity-rising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/12/virginity-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maggie Gallagher Shocking news: Virginity is on the rise in America. The source is sober, academic, practically irrefutable: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Its latest analysis of the sex lives of Americans age 15 to 44 includes a startling finding: Virginity is increasing among teens and young adults in the U.S. Compared with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affirming Love, Avoiding AIDS</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/07/18/affirming-love-avoiding-aids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/07/18/affirming-love-avoiding-aids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Michael Cook The best research shows that restraint and fidelity are the solutions to the devastating epidemic. But the bureaucrats aren&#8217;t listening. Earlier this year, the journal PLoS Medicine published a stunning report about the prevalence of AIDS in Zimbabwe. Over the ten years to 2007 HIV prevalence was halved. This decline is almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divorce linked with early sex</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/06/22/divorce-linked-with-early-sex/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/06/22/divorce-linked-with-early-sex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t find this at all surprising; do any of you? by Carolyn Moynihan Despite all the experts who scoff at teaching adolescents to “wait” for sex, many do. About half of US 15- to 19-year-olds have never had sexual contact, according to recent report based on the National Survey of Family Growth. Now a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids can do abstinence, data shows</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/19/kids-can-do-abstinence-data-shows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/19/kids-can-do-abstinence-data-shows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carolyn Moynihan Those who insist on “safer sex” education for adolescents seem to assume two things: first, that nearly all teens will become sexually active, and second, that it doesn’t matter (they have a right to) so long as they take precautions against disease and pregnancy. Therefore, all teens should be subjected to the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teach girls to say “no” &#8211; British MP</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/10/teach-girls-to-say-%e2%80%9cno%e2%80%9d-british-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/10/teach-girls-to-say-%e2%80%9cno%e2%80%9d-british-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wowsers. Some people have totally lost their minds, particularly regarding the tidbit in the very last paragraph. by Carolyn Moynihan British secondary schools are required by law to teach the biological facts of human reproduction in science lessons, but students themselves often say the instruction given is too biological. The facts also speak for themselves: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chastity and church: Is there a connection?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/06/chastity-and-church-is-there-a-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/06/chastity-and-church-is-there-a-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Morse is quoted and pictured in this article. Marcia Segelstein &#8211; OneNewsNow Columnist - According to an ABC News/Beliefnet poll conducted within the last year, 83% of Americans identify themselves as Christians.  Of course, there is a wide range of practices and specific teachings among the varied and various denominations that comprise Christianity in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC PIE: Dr Pat Fagan</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/22/sc-pie-dr-pat-fagan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/22/sc-pie-dr-pat-fagan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next up at SC PIE: Dr. Pat Fagan of the Family Research Council, and incidentally, a member of the Ruth Institute Academic Advisory Board. He is showing this audience of African American faith leaders some of his charts.  among his results: His index of belonging,   showing over 80% of black children do not spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC PIE: Dr Freda Bush</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/22/sc-pie-dr-freda-bush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/22/sc-pie-dr-freda-bush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at the SC Parents Involved in Education abstinence education meeting for African American clergy and Teachers. First speaker is Dr. Freda Bush of the Medical Institute for Sexual Health.  http://www.medinstitute.org/public/ at the She is an OB-GYN, and also the author of &#8220;Hooked.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual abstinence &#8212; numbers up, but funding down</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/11/sexual-abstinence-numbers-up-but-funding-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/11/sexual-abstinence-numbers-up-but-funding-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bill Bumpas Supporters for abstinence-based education are applauding a new report that sexual activity among teens is decreasing. Nearly 70 percent of boys (68%) and girls (67%), ages 15-17, have never had sexual intercourse, according to a survey (2006-2008) released last week by the National Center for Health Statistics.  In addition, 53 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US teens, young adults &#8216;doing it&#8217; less, study says</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/05/us-teens-young-adults-doing-it-less-study-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/05/us-teens-young-adults-doing-it-less-study-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting survey.  (Readers caution:  different categories of &#8220;activity&#8221; are discussed&#8211;be advised.) ATLANTA – Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they&#8217;re doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drop in pregnancies &#8211; abstinence&#8230;or abortions?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/10/drop-in-pregnancies-abstinence-or-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/10/drop-in-pregnancies-abstinence-or-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knows? by  Becky Yeh A new report shows that teen pregnancies in California have hit a record low &#8212; and the cause is up for debate. A report released by the California Department of Public Health indicates that the birth rate for teenagers in the state decreased to approximately 32 births for every 1,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting those who choose chastity</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/02/supporting-those-who-choose-chastity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/02/supporting-those-who-choose-chastity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JThieme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who have chosen chastity, here is an interesting news story from USAToday that I think affirms the chaste lifestyle: There&#8217;s a worrisome uptick in the incidence of certain head and neck cancers among middle-aged and even younger Americans, and some experts link the trend to a rise in the popularity of oral sex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the U.K. Promoting Out of Wedlock Births?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/01/11/is-the-u-k-promoting-out-of-wedlock-births/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/01/11/is-the-u-k-promoting-out-of-wedlock-births/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JThieme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow this really caught my attention: Unemployed Father of 10 Having 5 More Children The article is about a guy who’s fathered up to 15 kids by the age of 25. There are potentially ten women involved. I am completely mystified as to why these women are willing to bear his children. He’s not handsome, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abstinence redefined?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/01/07/abstinence-redefined/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bill Bumpas A study published this week in the journal Pediatrics says ten percent of teens who said they were abstinent also tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease.  But an advocate for abstinence says the sex-education curricula in most schools could be blamed for those numbers. Of the 964 teens who tested positive [...]]]></description>
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