Project Respect    












Avoid unwanted pregnancies, STI/STDs, and the heartache of casual sex.

  • More than 820,000 teenage girls become pregnant each year. (Nat’l Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2004. Recent Trends in Teen Pregnancy, Sexual Activity, and Contraceptive Use. Washington, D.C.: 2004)

  • According to recent studies, one out of every three females in the US gets pregnant at least once before the age of 20. (The National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. 14 and Younger. The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents. Washington DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy; May 2003. Available at http://www.teenpregnancy.org. Accessed August 15, 2005.)

  • Every year 4 million teens acquire an STD. (CDC, 2004) That is 10,959 every day, 457 every hour, one every 8 seconds.

  • According to the CDC, the most common sexually transmitted disease called human papilloma virus is not being stopped by condoms. HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer in females and can cause cancer in men’s genitalia as well. Chlamydia nd herpes only have a 50% rate of protection with correct condom use during every sexual act.

  • Condoms offer no protection if the infection (STD) is located outside the area covered by the condom. (CDC, 2004)

  • Four out of 10 teenage girls are infected with at least one STD the first time they have sex. (Ed Oliver, “Parents are Well Equipped to Protect Kids from STD Epidemic,” MassNews.com, April 16, 2003)

  • CDC estimates that 19 million new infections occur each year, almost half of them among young people ages 15 to 24. (Weinstock H, et al. Sexually transmitted diseases among American youth: incidence and prevalence estimates, 2000. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2004;36(1):6-10.)

Practicing abstinence-until-marriage is the ONLY 100% effective way to avoid all these negative consequences. Project Respect is an abstinence education program that reaches over 80 area schools and teaches the healthiest choice for anyone is abstinence-until-marriage.


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