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.
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.
