.....It’s been discovered. Nobody thought having “safe sex” was possible in every case....100% Guarantee of Safe Sex...Self-control is like an immune system. People who abhor sexual-control think they are breaking free, but in reality are breaking down. Control yourself and you will not be repressed — you will be free...Our children are not animals which are incapable of controlling themselves.....

Kevin Roeten, CATHOLIC EXCHANGE, May 10, 2008

Each year 2.6 million teenagers become sexually active-a rate of 7000 per day. With high school, nearly half report having engaged in sexual activity and 1/3 are currently active (Kim/Rector//Heritage Foundation). As it turns out, teen sexual activity is extremely costly for teens and for society as a whole. From 1985-1990 alone, the federal government spent $120 billion on teenage childbearing. Teens who engage in sexual activity risk all kinds of costly and detrimental outcomes not limited to STD infections, emotional and psychological harm, lower educational attainment, and unmarried childbearing. All of these have direct impact on Medicare, Medicaid, government spending — and the budget.

It is known that STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) infect approximately 12 million Americans per year, with 65,000 plagued with an incurable form (CDC). STDs are a direct cause of infertility in both men and women [info.med.yale.edu/ycc/releases/release_54_February_24_1999.html].

Nearly 1/2 of all pregnancies as well as 1 million teen pregnancies (95%) are unintended (CDC), and there are approximately 40,000 new HIV infections per year. An estimated 1.3 million babies die every year through abortion, and 84% of all US abortions are performed on unmarried women (US Dept of Commerce; GPO/1998). Teens who have babies out of wedlock are more likely to end up at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder. All of these numbers have huge economic implications for the country.

But society has found something that works 100% of the time. We found something on which you can completely depend — much better than condoms which may work part of the time — and that’s if you use them right.

The answer is easy, even though many don’t want to hear it — “abstinence until marriage.” It breaks the unwritten rule of sex on demand. It clearly illuminates the slavery to our desires so many of us face. And it emblazons the oft repeated saying, “Why buy the cow, if the milk is free?”

Self-control is like an immune system. People who abhor sexual-control think they are breaking free, but in reality are breaking down. Control yourself and you will not be repressed — you will be free.

Our children are not animals which are incapable of controlling themselves and “will do it anyway”. Yet “comprehensive” sex-ed teaches them that they’re just that......TO CONTINUE, GO TO: http://www.catholicexchange.com/2008/05/10/112417/