The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates a savings of $11 billion per year if teens refrain from sexual activity resulting in pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Additionally, the CDC findings demonstrate that adolescents who abstain from risky sexual behaviors perform better in school and are less likely to participate in other dangerous activities such as drinking and drug use. Single parenting is one of the greatest contributors to poverty in America today because single teenage mothers are much less apt to complete their education or achieve their career goals. Another negative factor associated with sexually active teenagers is the fact that they are more apt to be depressed and attempt suicide (http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF14D14.pdf).

The Dolores Turco Foundation initiated sex avoidance education programs in Essex and Passaic Counties in New Jersey. We believe that parents have a right to know and participate in the sex education that is taught to their children. The foundation funded LIFENET’s Love and Life Project, which conducted approximately 600 parent empowerment presentations and reached 18,000 teens and their parents in the Archdiocese of Newark. The program touched lives with the truth about the intrinsic value of human life and the beauty of God’s design for love, marriage, and sex.

In contrast, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs (TPP) that promote contraception to teenagers have proven ineffective because they place virtually no value on encouraging students to refrain from early sexual activity. Consequently, in 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services recommended defunding Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Programs at a cost of $930,000,000/year because they were ineffective. Ultimately they found that 80% of students in the TPP program fared either worse or not better than those not in the program (http://www.frc.org/SexuaRiskAvoidance).

Project: TEEN SEX AVOIDANCE AND EDUCATION