MORE THAN HALF OF HIGH SCHOOLERS CURRENTLY ABSTINENT

By Matthew Archbold

While the refrain for years from some has been that asking high school students to remain abstinent was an impossible task, none other than the liberal Guttmacher Institute is reporting that more teens are choosing to put off engaging in sexual activity, according to The Heritage Foundation.

According to the report:

-         For children born in 1991, the median age for their first sexual intercourse is nearing 18 years old. That’s a year later than those born just 13 years earlier. 

-         Less than 6 percent of teens reported having sexual intercourse by the time they were 15 years old. Just last year that percentage was a much higher 13 percent.

-         Half of all high school students are currently abstinent.

-         In the past nineteen years, the rate of teen fatherhood dropped 36 percent.

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Matthew Archbold worked as a journalist for many newspapers in the Philadelphia area including the Philadelphia Inquirer. He left in order to raise his five children and now works as a writer for The Cardinal Newman Society, The National Catholic Register and Creative Minority Report.

Founded in 1993, the mission of The Cardinal Newman Society is to promote and defend faithful Catholic education.

The Society seeks to fulfill its mission in numerous ways, including supporting education that is faithful to the teaching and tradition of the Catholic Church; producing and disseminating research and publications on developments and best practices in Catholic education; and keeping Catholic leaders and families informed.