President Bush- Abstinence might not be workin’….

Abstinence all around..The Star Tribune!

Check out this interview about you guessed it…Abstinence..the Condom!

By Gail Rosenblum, Star Tribune

There’s nothing too surprising about a safe-sex campaign promoting abstinence. This time, though, the abstinence promoters are an unlikely bunch of left-leaning doctors, sexual health educators and marketers.

That’s because Abstinence, in this case, is the name of a new condom, manufactured and tested in accordance with Food and Drug Administration standards. The tagline: “Having sex or thinking about it? Choose Abstinence … the condom.”

Get it?

The lubricated latex condoms, targeting teens and young adults, are sold only via the Internet, “although we’d definitely like to see this in retail,” said Chicago-based marketer Peter Benkendorf, who developed the condom concept with a young filmmaker named Guy Clark, also of Illinois.

Sex in Minnosota Goes to Court

As reported by by Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio

We here at Abstinence condoms, love a good debate and this article

covers all the bases – among other things . Carefully reviewing the facts, that we all know- Abstinence Alone doesn’t work, Abstinence..the Condom does.

“The latest survey of school kids by the education department found that for the first time in more than a decade, more kids say they’re having sex. And more of them are engaging in sex without birth control. In fact, one in seven sexually active high school seniors now say they never use birth control, up from one in nine in 2004.”

Abstinence-Only Vs. Comprehensive Sex Ed

Although the controversy over sexuality education is being played out in a number of ways, the abstinence-only movement is clearly having the biggest impact. Abstinence-only programs are reportedly used in about 25% of the nation’s roughly 16,000 school districts. Among the most popular: “Sex Respect.” (See the related story on Sex Respect.)

Abstinence…the Lighter Side