Abstinence - news
House panel OKs revised AIDS funding
A House of Representatives committee has approved legislation renewing President Bush’s initiative to combat AIDS in Africa after making changes in a version that had produced strong opposition from pro-life and pro-family organizations. more »
By staff - Mar 3, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Social Issues
PEPFAR’s Future Full of Concerns
The United States has led the world in efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). But life- and family-affirming principles within PEPFAR are under attack as some members of Congress are trying to inject the program with pro-abortion policies while siphoning funds from abstinence education. more »
By Doug Carlson - Feb 5, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Life, Abortion, Birth Control
Hope crisis pregnancy center changes lives
Felicia Gonzales* is all smiles as she opens a huge pile of presents for her new baby girl, scheduled to be born in less than a week. The baby shower is a first for the young mother of three. more »
By Lisa Watson - Sep 6, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Children, Parenting, Mothers, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Missionary kid returns home to minister
I returned to my home in Nairobi, Kenya, with a friend, Amy Buchanan, to work for the summer. When we arrived neither of us had experience working with HIV/AIDS, but we were assigned to work with the Baptist AIDS Response Agency (BARA). more »
By Jessica Yates - Sep 1, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Bills threaten unborn & elderly, leaders say
Congress has approved legislation to expand a health insurance program for children that could remove protections for unborn babies and the elderly, according to pro-life organizations. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 3, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Children, Elderly, Living, Finances, Health, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Planned Parenthood complains about bill’s effect
JEFFERSON CITY—Planned Parenthood took the opportunity to use church facilities and the occasion of Governor Matt Blunt’s bill-signing ceremony to call its own press conference regarding the passage of House Bill 1055 (HB 1055) July 6 at Concord Baptist Church. more »
By Barbara Shoun - Jul 24, 2007
Topic: Family, Education, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation
House panel hikes abstinence funding
In a preliminary victory for pro-family supporters, a House subcommittee voted to increase funding for abstinence education by $27.8 million, exceeding an increase requested by President Bush. more »
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
What if abstinence legislation expires?
If Congress lets the Title V abstinence education funding legislation expire June 30, one of the major consequences will be a change in the language required by the government in discussing sexual abstinence with U.S. more »
By Erin Roach - May 22, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
True Love Waits receives funding to expand work in 6 African countries
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—LifeWay President and CEO Thom S. Rainer announced True Love Waits International has received $950,000 through LifeWay Christian Resources’ “A Defining Moment” campaign, which will enable the program to expand its abstinence-until-marriage message in six African countries. more »
By Don Beehler - Apr 25, 2007 - (2)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Abstinence ed defended against Democratic report
The Bush administration and pro-family organizations have strongly defended sexual abstinence education in the wake of a Democratic congressional report charging many such federally funded programs teach error. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2004
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
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