In Defense of a Little Virginity
a message from Focus on the Family
The federal
government has
spent almost
$3 billion of our
taxes since 1970
to promote
< ontrac eptives and
"safe sex" among
our teenagers. Isn'/
it time we asked,
What have we
gotten for
our money?
These are the facts:
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< imu«4 niutuftr ihuf (hr*r #r mm I
mtllkvi HIV
r%MHm*uk
• J m lit) *n*km\ ir* (hr
I rnvfivt) v4 1c health icn*ei mm
ijw» ihr ikmth *»ru\
• I hr utc *4 Ndrniviuil HIV
irjfwnuvunn hjw itKtea*t*J 44*1 wi»r
Vt*c»nhe»
• Sr tikJK tnAMnucd dura***
(STUk)mf«x1
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ivivim lev' (tun 2' yearn «4 jff
« I nullum nr* «4 peKt
infUmout(*> dmar »*.vuf annual U *
• l ' mtilMm nr* cm€* *4 funmitw*
tUlir anmulh vujtn* <4 gtwtnrttora
ha'C tk vvk^’*] thj Jff rru«um k*
pmktilifl
• Syphtliv •' at 4 <«)• x<Of high »rth
114 ill) nr » mii\t*mx prt year *
• VSl.llRl mm ion* *«4 hrqpr' mu»
onnuaJH H i' iMtttUkxl ih.* lh 4*4 *1
the l S pnftukrfum ogr% |\ >4 ix
intexled muling «m«r ihun 2$ rmOarn
Aitk'fk ji*' .mik mg i ertom gn iwpx the
mhv turn rale tx high ax t4¥i
• 4 itulfam eoxex >«9 thlurmxlu iUH
.wuHuiih M> hr* «4 I' midyear
i*Ki« urv inf ev ted
• there are mm 34 miilitl tose* <4
twttunvtruxlltPV i aithu
higher prexakmc am* mg teem
«»xvt 3t> ikff event and
jjriycinux xetuullx uafwwncil
ore rampant otmmg the young S*k! *»»
llui the ftriMctm ^"*x u*c\! <* ith
pnatHx taaix Wax hit mlcmhix
.rfxfiHH* and ‘niev texJ mm N «n» I hr
viiu x«4 thix cptdrmix ix »m|Ttwjj. h»*h
hi human xuflertng and in npnw: h»
*•* tety ye* epi*Jem*4»*nxix irtl ux
*ov »m!x Mtm the hcftnmng
farniMi, Ar i^-ki |ami am/
nMAm pmamatn »fc» gut mi m*> Ah
mm ore ill drttrmmm g mar pokey
rnonhv «A Atrmf mjmA» ffor
mk%t* ktnr fminl ami 11* am* * nrlhtiU
tkr* hamknapt pokem.
Him king ha* it hero xtnte ym»' we
heart! arm me kH taWfen *hx u ix U»
rhrir atlxaiHagx t»* tmuin xttgmx until
married ’ The lartx art he mg vxithhrkl
fnwti them, with tragk ttmojumrx
l nlox *e come t*« term* *»th thr
xklnrxx that xtulkx a genet at no »4
Amrrxattx tern pmmmuity will
omttnue and mill*»wxi4 kkh
thinking thr> arv pninKtl »»B
Miller I*'* the not »4 their l»xex Manx
Mill die i4 AID&
IVtv ix i«ilx mu' xalc max U> remain
health) m the nmKt i4 a m-xuu!
rex«4uta<» It ix k* ahxtam Iwm
mirnxkrxe until marriage and then »cd
am) Ik* faithful k» *\ unmfevicd partner
It ix a ttekept that xx a% midclx ctklnrxd
in Mk*ix until Ok: I4*** Sake then a
tvflcr idea hax xxwne ok mg ime
that mm ihrvatem the entire human
tamilx
Imrx Kjhkr *jueM*wix are raised
Mhenoer ahxtinerke ix pn^wmxl It x
tune »e gaxe mw vk*ar art*wen
Wh>. apart fwm many
comfcfcnrtiom. do >tmi think
UiMpny>py>dhrtM#l>B
No *4htt jopnwih to Ihr Cfmk-m* .4
tfanumnrtJ docmr% art#
Ihr \*tr **%'' wihaam k a
ilvNrtvirf «> ihr malm* ( nwfcrm can fail
ji Ir^vj IS ? pm rot of the trmr annual U
m pmenttn? prrfnat* > ' Thr> fail
Vf» t pm cm of thr time annual K m
pnrvnUJflf pnj»furk\ among >tmng
unowned mutant) womtA ‘ In » Ourf>
of hnnuMr «ua) mm thr JfrtmA Kah of
trpavtl thr failure rair Jut to
vhppafr jr*S break-aft to he 2t> pmr«
< *i vm thr*** fimbnf % »i *\ rh\uM* *h%
*e ha^r a «nid f«w pr»5'*r *♦«* wly
«*> a* a mean* of hrflh
u«nJ We tall them
fwrwK
Kcmrmhmnf iH*<
m mtnun <*r>
»urxrtvc irt) »*r i»
I«hi d*v* pc* m»*nh
twr van <Mt> jrurv*
him hifh the l*»iutr
rm* <t*
rmra hr tn prrv*t*mg
vhvav w+mh <m hr
Ujr»v»mt*r»J Vi' day*
pci yes*' It «hr
dtvfefi aw m* v«aJ
pruprrly, «* «t fhry Uip
tu<4 ***c. vm«% ami
U*icn* mt ruhungfnJ
and thr pnvrvw hqpm t Jnr
mt<Ut aftri VI) pnUevkd" rf»*«lr% «*
Jl 4 ukr* k> tontrawt a nc*u*1I>
trammstted dn«ttrf Thr wWnajir n tfctnr
»n a ungk rt«nnrr4 *hro rainwal
thi«u|fhi o uvrmddMn bv («■»«•*
fhiwc *ho Mtvk)«k-|vnd «*» w»
urn unr a method tnuu uv 4 pnfird)
iwt rwn ar*J cvm thro 4 hufft
failure »j*r •' hroufhl about In factor*
heyond then urtn«l The »twn| vntim
»ho t* mid by Nn ckkrv that ifn* link
Luri d*\%t o vrfc may nr* km** hr
t% nvkmp Jtfckvtf pam and even dratb
(tv ** brief a mmim of ptrauire What
4 bufdro Vo pkar «*i jo immature mind
and h»l\1
Thro we mud irvoynt/r that then
art <*hrr diflctrmc* hetvmrw prrpnarxy
(vrx'ttkm Mi thewr prevention MIV
o I '7 Vh iht %k iddl«4 »fvTm and ^an
puv» cjmIv ihrw^h even lh trtvWN
m iundon*. IcxJfthcn 'iwhtnjf
\u»^k jJ pk»*c* mode out td (dirt, the
vjmr material in iimdivtvt found
„ hamvU td ' m* rum that penetrated
the entire fhiifro «4 «hr ph**e
MIV measure* I m*nvo ‘ Coven dtere
onOm** *tvuf.***ul ntli voted per urn
would imu hi* 1* her very life w* ***)»
flinm jut * ?
Thw umrly ctpiaim why rM oned
’hi wru4npta« at 4 nonk-fm.* a lr»
vrjn 4po fianed j hand »!rn a*krd if
thc> would tnm 4 thm rubber vhrath to
prvvcvl thrm tkirmp uacn uurv with 4
known HIV milled prtvtn * Who
wtvikl Nvnr them ’ They rr m* vra/y
j/trt ail And set thc> rr prrlcetty
wtlhny to tell out ink that \afc et%'t*
within reach jud that thrv wan drop
around with impunity
There m only one wav m promt
.»urvlto from the deadly dimnr* (hat
Ik in Matt It t\ ahdirmee hrftve
nuiTuyr. thro numafr and mutual
(kklilv Itv life «a> an umnlcwvrd fWtnrt
Amthtnp kw 1% pwvrotulh mik kUJ
IImI poaMkm k u<npt> NOT
rflhrtr lodat. It » an wnmtaUi
wtutkm: Kids «HM NOT
bnptcmmt k.
Some «ttli Stunr *1*11 It w util (hr
twh jnotft But kri % talk about an
‘unwoeiahk utluimn of the fuu onki
Amwir 1970. the federal finttwnrni ha*
vprnt nrarh S' bdlvvi m promtae
vivHraweptMVtand vdeu-% U«' wear
akwe 4V) nullMVt of \our Ut JoILvn
a til pnkmn that dram' itomparnl
wwith k%N than ^ mtllttvi Uw abumrowc
propramv »hKh Sro fedds Kronewh
aid ion^vmv Have vouphl rrpratcdh «»*
chmiruie ahoprthrr > l%l»1 it time ae ad
wkhat t*c ve pottro ftv out money ' After
22 >eorx and nearly S * bdlvw. M«te VK
proem of teena|te pirf' under II *ul thd
m« uk wontrj&'rptNVt dunnp their l"»fd
mtcnourv hiithrmvvc. teroapro
trod to Worp ha^ mp unpnacvtrd
iflimiay h* a full ycaa on average.
brUnx $ my kind
umrAr(iK<n Thai n the m*’
of thr ctprrt' «afl
unrralniK and 'wmMwkjNc
I vcn if <*x %pcr* jr*«hrt $50 Mbm
to promote n*kJuni MMg*. «**»
trmajrrrt would UiH |M trie them
a«w*<imli> and pmprrtv Hw nature of
human hrmf' and thr pan**** of thr 4C9
umph do not ImJ thnmrlve* to a
do* tplinrd frxpnnv tn own* nxmntK*
But if you hnr* ■ fwmff r <•»
going to Im«v Mrmmrw,
wouldn't you tenc h Mm or hrr
•hmat proper condom uanfr?
Ni». N\««< itvk *» h fun an
unmtmdnd uwn|«ntt The pnew »if
mtaitorndmn uauken uuagr to
\ctT%a$erv tnc% tt*N> 0dWf)i five
ML dartfman kJtj' t I»thal *udc
nacharvdde (Jfihn
everybody t\ <k*n$ M < *) dual
mpnuNr aduth ccprti them
U to do* (4) (Kal t<\a pa«i
thing *hJnlift* thru pcm
kmm thry kmm thr*<
th*nf> hrtnimg
^ pfummuity Thine <*r
very drtfruciivc
mrvMf!*-' lo give
Vi our UK
11 tuflhrrmiifr
r |\
11 \ hftmhoo<r«
PI)(mT> ^
* thjri dir nuinhrt
onr tr«*m trmajfcrt *n
tMmtwv r* pert TTwrfonr,
.tfnthutg *r H> imply **** cvtfy
hudy it ck*ng it" itvbJii in murr
lew** proper *tn» give thr game •
tr> Cnmkmi jitinKmnm pn«fpr»m% A'
m« mk*r the numhr* of knit eifftard
*o divr**r they mitratc it'
W*« pn«414 that f*t ’ S*mt thr
federal fuvrntmrni lw$m it* major
i«4itnKVftM«t fftfratn m IV7U. urmrd
(vr^nmin have niraied 17 poww
«n«if IV n> Www <*k ' Ijkmr,
ebauam «nn$ term torn 67 pmot *
unwed Nnht went a* 61 pmrtu ' And
vmrrril dnrtnr hm Mind *
genetMfc*t 14 >twny prop* Nice **».
<i cuMmcftun Gawd dunking tcriafact
and (tnfNMmM Mir nap Ammn»
tfovtng tiMKk • Humlrt that
mm thn-Mcns the hytmtt
iMtuly one »hmU tfonk the
iiruf!tKTk wtiukj he
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hw thru mix Aulau****
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nknrt Otttit ihc
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thi* xjhpvt tef)‘N
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a pannl and knr» that
•an lattm an. »<
Him mu h mi. n unfUNt *t»fi
wu nr uimt <*»« nut trma*ct •Wc 1
< Inr uudt >4 numnl nuipici in »huh
ior fwtnrf «« minted with IBV hmnl
ft* 17*1 of ftr funner. nung inndiam
l<» pnantum mil. jujtla ftr 'iw ualan
• year and a MI * Irflmf M term to
"mhn then mk“ uiw m u* (I?** 1i»
ma null heart dun nlvtuunf Human
undent Huft mr taut r.rtnualh The
Jitfemvc n that »*h * fun draft »
i|u» irt Huppmr yua u*«« daufhtci
»vfr inuufl| an dtilnaf dub
id ui meridiem II vm knot (hat unr u<
ftrw (unuhutri »i«dd drfutarl) fail
madd nm Riummmd that ftr> wmjdi
lunik ftr t limn tif tart' < rrvunK r»«
Yiui would tuy IVanc ikal l jump
Y laa life n a uaii-' Himnadda
knag parent du km'
Hida won't Halrfl lo lh*
•hatinmrr mnup Vou'rr yuM
waating iwr hrrath to try to
«*M llartn a notion Hfce that _
ti i% a pupuljf in>th llui irrruijrct'
arc inu^uMr d ufuJrruandmg that h
t\ in thru hm inerrctf to
ihcrmcUo until manage Mm^i
65 pment ui all high '■ehrtil fcmaio
unJrr IK*r virgcm *
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M^Mi^tllC ► HI’ w-,
A ft** yon ago m UuflfWn, Ky . a
youth m« »»» hrW that featured no
it'«nru ran nek gnvj» ju-j an
ft «*tvM 1 named Han4d Mnrm talking
ihnut ahdrncntr among <*hrt vuhpxtN
TV cnlorum ^anl IM/IIl pnfk V*
2ti CIJ) tcmagm showed up’
[ ventuall> more than 2/300 o»*t3
nuttMlr the patted MdMonum and
Itvimrd over a ha«J»f> prrpaml
nuht* *VVm \vurm Who
\a\\ ktdi mw i ham to thi'
itmr honored mcwnfr'
I vert term *ho ha*r j
hern sciuaiK active tin I
chtunr to Oc*> Tho t\ «ftw 1
called axtmdarv virfmtfvI
^iiii that convey*
thr *fca that knh can viart
(tvci One jfifl recently
«n* Aim l arnirtN to ia>
\hc *tvhrd vhc had kept ^
hr! vir|tnii) vigrung ihc ^
letter. Sonry I daint and
wnh I c t*jld ukt rt hack * A'
nrvpnnMfHf ailufn *r ntw u> «rii v
hrt that even ihtaigh vhe can t go 1
tati, «hr tan go forward She can ^
regain het teWrrtpeei and pnttxi her
health hname if* nrvtr loo lMe lo Oart
*a>ing W to premarital *e*
Ewa though thewfc t*\
advocate* predominate toi
educational rirrfcm. are dim no
hand pragma for kfcte?
ThtokfuUv. uxnc cuelirtk program*
have tarn drvekgvd Spokane bawd
fern AW ami Otttagot S*mtk">fU
A’urrnd Cmaiiwr are good example*
So aft -Wii (ienrratu*i m Maryland.
Ok*c cm* ( ahfomia and Ret pet i Im m
Wim*« Other curricula such a* f ortng
Hruim Set Retpet i Wf W> korW. V\
# atf«/r RettueutNe Reaueu *> Mtef.
Vi. Une A Chtm et. FA.C 7 S etc .
are all abstinence ihrmcd programs u>
help k»d* make goad tccual demttm
A good lurtK uluni ft* inner city
)*«j(h i% hiaynr HmnefTt Rett A nmrft
f'mgrum Pho successful mentoring'
projeci help* adnireemn in WatagMi,
I > C graduate fn*« htgh ami
fTtnain abstinent In five vearv m* one
frtnalr hat become pregnant ofkle in the
Rea A netui* Pm# rum*
I >uNi\#unj; ojfcl nurturing
jfwinri*. r *k*» * »th k*k.
however cm hr like tfNttmf
ini** thr w» tmi hrvmivr
iho ttttd'i h\*m hcv^ii'tf
IftM will Bui pn>
jfoitnrmr
nrw^r' me
tinnbnrd <***»«
4 «r« («( MUk
Icm vi n
»rto tlaMr u%c #
condom
fMMTI
Ymm ptarr nnjnr
I) an Ihnc »ta
haw laid adutmiwU that muni
r»pryhna h thrir ri«h» m tonf m
Iho do it "proprTtl " Who rtar ha.
caanflMai to thr rpMmic?
TV amrfutmtq^ mduvtr* nm*
tcrumiv vharr the Name
lefcv tvMm pnKkk/en li >' •mmrvimg *n
tfuN vunirxt thm dl tom aawewtv and
tht w jMc ickv i«c»i cntiuo me wringing
thru hand* «K *>t th»% irmbtc rpadctn*:
of AIDS They pnrfrv* to he very
inrturmcd ahum (N*r *ho jet urdcvtrd
with trvuaily trammmed dncavcv and
prrtufv. thrv me sincere However TV
rwuMivtY arid movie muguh have
iimmhmrtl mightily to ihe euvarme **l
itu% plague He detadev they have
deputed teem and young adult*
i ImiKng to and out of c»h other« bed*
tike M> many vevuai Only (he
nmh were *ht*wn to he vtuvtc and ihrs
were too %iup*d »* ugly to fnrf partner*
Of cnun*. the beautiful younf «Wfs
m thrnr vtcorm tW.trru' new 1 acttl «n*
idnvftfiffKO for thnr wruial
iO»iut^r^c VM«fOflijmnk"*n
ttttf) hrrpcv i* \>ph»ltv or chlamycha. t»
prfv* dncwt <*
infrrtiht) or AIDS or fctwul wartv«r
otrvttaJ i oncer No (^n»cn«' were cm
told hv j ph>Moan that there *#> m»
iw fur then «*» thin thc\
wouki have to ilraJ with the pain
lor UK rot of men uvo rw>
inr OCT heard tfui genital
I cancers aw* tated with ihe
human popdkima vmn
(KPV * kilt n**r women than
AIDS. * tw that strains »rf
} gonorrhea are now rewuni to
penicillin
No. their was no
downside It ail looked
tike so muc h
fun But what •
pner we are
pav ing now for
the lies we have been
told
dowi
B
theli
The government has also
contnhuted to this crisis and
continues to csaccrtvuic the probten. hr
c sample. a current brochure frxen the
federal Centers for Disease Control and
the Crty of Ness York is entitled. Teem
Have the Right. and is apparently
intended u> free adolescents from adult
authority lm*k are thr ms declarations
that make up a Teenager s Bill of
Rights as follows
• I have the nght » dunk for myself
• I have the right to dendt whether to
have scs and whn|m| to have it with
• I have thr nght to use protection
when I have scs
• I have the nght to buy and use
condoms
• I have the nght to esprrsv myself
• I have die nght to ask for help if I
need rt
Under this final item (die nght to ask
for help) is a list of organizations and
ptuaie numbers that readers are
crxtauagsd u> call Thr philosophy that
governs several of thr ««gani/*tions
reflects the hnmmesuaJ agrnda. which
intludrs feenmmew <*f the \t«ung and
vtgonvs pnetneHNi«*t a teen s nght to
wsuai esprrsuon
Your las dollars at work*
Surely there arc other Ammc an*
who rcs'ogm/e thr danger now
threatening a genrralior.»d our hr-a and
hnghtesi It o time to sfr ak up It * an
old fashw****! value c attest virginity
Vi/w u*#r ’httn r\rr t triur is a
If ytai agree with hew i« the
family that it o tunc tie a new approach
fci ad^tevent vcsuolity teal out thrs ad
and vase rt lake a U« vtsu nesi whrsil
hoard n vet mg Vend it to your
netgrrssman or vruto Ihstnhutr
copies to the Kt A And hv ail means,
share it w uh your teenagers Begin to
pnttkftr dhutnrtiLe heforr marriage as
the imfi healthy way to survive this
wt ektwidr cpwtem*
ftrutr mu- thr > hrkm to
i4*tut> u »*fmit*tr hi*sbrt ■ ** af-'tinem r
Thrtr i* im i kun* b* •* Wusrtrr. viw
utftporl n rrtfururd for un uf* f\
prtrfrum for hrrmifrn tm iht\ inyf*»rumi
hfm four«4«nmrnii art *lu> aofk ttrti
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hMp Focu* on *w Famty fwcn OU to Amanoi » md>
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TaacNng Vour KOI. to Sty 'No to S*» *
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fuib’o ^NMoatwwifyn
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