The President's budget for Fiscal Year 2010 would eliminate abstinence education funding. The Obama Administration has instead requested the creation of yet another comprehensive sex education program ...

The world is becoming increasingly more accepting of cannabis use as more and more governments are allowing for medical or recreational cannabis legalization. But one big area of concern remains for ...

You abstain - and you gain. This ascetic principle has long been preached by many religious leaders, medical doctors and others. It could be abstaining from pre-marital sex or practising celibacy, ...

The Bush administration is proposing to double spending on sexual abstinence programs that bar any discussion of birth control or condoms to prevent pregnancy or AIDS despite a lack of evidence that ...

While the Senate toned down the House's language on abortion restrictions, it may have ratcheted things up with another controversial reproductive-health issue: abstinence-only education. Sec. 2954 of ...

Abstinence and celibacy are terms often used interchangeably, but they carry distinct meanings and implications. Understanding the differences between the two and knowing how to navigate either when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After months of backlash, Gwinnett County Public Schools will stick with an abstinence-only curriculum while upgrading its health ...

Sex positivity has encouraged consensual sex without shame. But does this apply to the decision to abstain? Experts say sexual empowerment is about having a choice — even if it means saying no. They ...

To the editor: Abstinence from sexual activity is clearly the only way to completely prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Perhaps the best contraceptive medication would ...

If you took a drive last spring down the farm-to-market roads that wind through the piney woods of east Texas, you may have admired a lovely crew of teen beauty queens. They all but radiated from the ...