Social & Cultural Issues

Talking to Doorposts
(BLI) A recent linguistics study showed that today's teens use only about 800 words in the course of normal conversation and the average vocabulary of today's teen is less than half that of a teen from the 1950's. 3/9/2010 >>more

Red or Blue? It's Written All Over Your Face
(BLI) A new study finds that the differences between Republicans and Democrats boil down to two traits, nurturing and safeguarding. 3/5/2010 >>more

It's Time for Kevin Jennings to Go!
(BLI) The man charged with making America's public schools "safe" comes from a career of promoting dangerously violent homosexual activities among children in public schools. 12/16/2009 >>more

British Leading in Sex Education
(BLI) Whether it's more sex education, more graphic sex education, or sexual issues being taught to younger and younger children, Britain is leading. 12/16/2009 >>more

French Women Say "No" to Nude Sunbathing
(BLI) There is a new wave hitting the beaches of France, as younger women are shunning the idea of nude sunbathing. 12/8/2009 >>more

Strategic Plan to Promote a Sexualized Culture
(BLI) While it's hard to believe one is needed, the Center for Sex and the Culture has announced a strategic plan to reduce our nation's "hang-ups" about sex. 10/23/2009 >>more

More than 2,000 British Schoolgirls Have Reactions to the HPV Vaccine
(BLI) In Britain, where vaccination against HPV is given to all schoolgirls aged 12 and older, more than 2 thousand girls have experienced adverse reactions including convulsions, fever, paralysis, and even death. 10/16/2009 >>more

Washington, D.C. Schools Conduct STD Screening Without Parental Consent
(BLI) Using the city's high rate of HIV infections as an excuse, Washington, D.C. school officials have begun doing STD screening and treatment on students without parental consent. 10/5/2009 >>more

HPV Vaccine Facts All Parents Need to Know
(BLI) Few parents would want their child to be among the 39 deaths to girls who had just taken the Gardasil shot. Nor would most parents want their child to take the risk of hospitalization, disability, or a life-threatening illness. 8/25/2009 >>more

Abstinence vs. Condom-based
(BLI) The Obama administration has moved to pull all federal funding from true abstinence education programs. 5/29/2009 >>more

Speaking Truth about HIV/AIDS
(BLI) They chose knowingly to engage in high-risk behaviors, but still claim the status of “victims,” and they view it to be the government’s responsibility to take action to “fix” the consequences of their actions. 3/26/2009 >>more

MTV: Taking a Fresh Run at Reality
(BLI) The MTV cable network is attempting to rebound from slumping ratings with a host of new reality shows. 1/9/2009 >>more

The Popularity of Teen Pregnancy
(BLI) Is the rising popularity of teen pregnancy any wonder? The media is trumpeting the notion that out-of-wedlock births are all the rage these days. 1/9/2009 >>more

HIV/AIDS Epidemic Goes to High School
(BLI) This week it was reported that one St. Louis, Missouri high school has at least 50 documented cases of students diagnosed with AIDS/HIV. 10/21/2008 >>more

Rejecting the Act, Not the Man
(BLI) Was it really such a big deal for former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken to announce that he struggles with homosexuality? 10/8/2008 >>more

A Reality Check for the HPV Vaccine
(BLI) Many parents are viewing the HPV shot as just another childhood immunization necessary to protect their kids from contagious diseases. 9/26/2008 >>more

Reducing Teen Pregnancies and Abortions
(BLI) The bottom line, they said, is that parents and friends have tremendous influence on their children, regardless of socio-demographic or economic background and characteristics. 9/9/2008 >>more

Breaking Dawn Presenting Abstinence Message to Teens
(BLI) The fourth book in the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer Breaking Dawn is drawing thousands of young readers as well as attention from the critics. 8/15/2008 >>more

Coldplay Provides Food for Thought in "Viva la Vida"
(BLI) The latest hit from the rock group Coldplay, "Viva la Vida," is raising controversy as it rises on the charts. 8/8/2008 >>more

The Lifetime Implications of One's View of Time
(BLI) A new book The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life looks at the perception of time and its affects on money, relationships and health. 8/7/2008 >>more

US HIV Infection Rates Revised
(BLI) The Centers for Disease Control have revised the estimates of HIV infection rates in the United States. 8/6/2008 >>more

New CDC Study Shows Teens Continue Risky Behavior
(BLI) The good news is that fewer teens engage in risky behavior. The bad news is that far too many of them still do! 6/6/2008 >>more

Honest Talk About Casual Sex: False Promises, Searing Pain, Tragic Problems
(BLI) Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow of Concerned Women for America's Beverly LaHaye Institute, talks to a group of college students in Washington, DC about the consequences of "casual sex." 5/28/2008 >>more

Straight Talk About Casual Sex
(BLI) The secular mantra, heard from middle school on up, is that sex will make you popular and happy; it's great recreation that is free and fun. 4/24/2008 >>more

Abstinence Programs Cut Sexual Activity in Half
(BLI) The findings soundly refute the accusations of backers of comprehensive sexual education programs who claim that abstinence programs are unproven and ineffective. 4/22/2008 >>more

You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up
(BLI) Strange, but true, headlines from the culture war. 4/18/2008 >>more

Continued Good News on Teen Pregnancy and Abortion
(BLI) Our national leadership needs to continue to keep faith with our nation's teens. 4/17/2008 >>more

Size 16 Model Contends for Beauty Title
(BLI) Cloe Marshall is only 17-years-old and at size 16 is the first woman of her size to contending for the national beauty pageant title of Miss England. 4/8/2008 >>more

Miss Bimbo Game Targets 9 to 13-Year-Old-Girls
(BLI) A controversial internet-based video game has made its way from France, through Britain and is now in the United States. 3/28/2008 >>more

Tell Congress to Fund Programs That Work
(BLI) A study in the American Journal of Health Behavior indicates that students in abstinence programs are 50 percent less likely to engage in sex. 3/25/2008 >>more

Sex Week at Yale
(BLI) he prestigious Yale University has again held their annual Sex Week, a time when the entire school focuses on sex and pornography. 2/21/2008 >>more

Men's Hearts Can be Broken, Too
(BLI) Not even sexy hunks are exempt from broken hearts. 1/24/2008 >>more

Sex in Bathroom Stalls, Privacy Expectations and the ACLU
(BLI) The ACLU is arguing there is an expectation of privacy when people have sex in public bathrooms. 1/16/2008 >>more

Is Tough Love an Oxymoron?
(BLI) The left argues that public policy should be formulated to free teens from the consequences of their mistakes and taxpayer funds should be used to achieve that impossible goal. 1/15/2008 >>more

Selling Morality to an Amoral Public
(BLI) Movies and comedy routines reveal the bankruptcy of the amoral modern liberal ideology -- the chaotic, absurd, impotent, libertine worldview of the Hollywood left. 12/14/2007 >>more

Washington, D.C., The Nation's Capital for HIV Infections
(BLI) A new report details the soaring HIV/AIDS infection rate in our nation's capital. 11/28/2007 >>more

Anybody Can Get It?
(BLI) The politically correct mantra about HIV/AIDS is that “anybody can get it" but can they? 10/17/2007 >>more

Friends with Benefits...and Problems Too
(BLI) Research is showing that "friends with benefits" has serious emotional consequences for participants. 10/8/2007 >>more

College Campuses Encouraging Sexual Activity
(BLI) 9/20/2007 >>more

New U.S. Census Data on Poverty
(BLI) 9/3/2007 >>more

The Calculus of Sexual Experimentation
(BLI) Like Calculus, sex is a tough subject, one that you can’t fool around with – one that requires discipline and self control. 8/9/2007 >>more

Why Is the Teen Pregnancy Rate Dropping?
(BLI) This is further evidence that abstinence programs are having an impact, that they are making a difference for teens. 8/3/2007 >>more

Who Wants to Be a Celebrity?
(BLI) If our national celebrities are any indication, when people don’t have work and worry, they manufacture all sorts of mischief as a substitute. 7/20/2007 >>more

Teen Suicide: A Matter of "Sexual Orientation" or Sex Abuse?
(BLI) The true reasons for teen suicide aren't what some activists would have you believe. 6/13/2007 >>more

Commentary: Should Congress restrict violence on TV to later at night when children are most likely not to be watching?
(BLI) With a steady diet of dark and depressing images throughout childhood, it's no wonder depression has increased among teenagers. 5/8/2007 >>more

Why the Left is Attacking Abstinence Programs
(BLI) Common sense says that something has been at work to bring down the rates of sexual activity by teens over the last 15 years. But liberals don't seem interested in common sense. 5/2/2007 >>more

The Virginia Tech Tragedy: Press Conference Statement of Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.
(BLI) Our hearts ache for the fallen victims and for the unbearable pain of those who loved them and all those whose lives they touched. 4/19/2007 >>more

Imus Comments Symptomatic of Cultural Condition
(BLI) 4/11/2007 >>more

Those Bawdy Bratz Babes
(BLI) Little girls don’t get to “mother” their pretend babies any more; instead, they act out today’s young adult values with the more popular “fashion dolls.” 4/10/2007 >>more

'Plane' Talk About 'Making Love'
(BLI) Stewardess describes five-mile high sex romp in airplane lavatory. 2/21/2007 >>more

Girls Beware: Protect Your Transformation Zone
(BLI) Chances are that few girls know about their transformation zone. 2/19/2007 >>more

In Praise of Virginity
(BLI) The idea that valuing virginity equates to being sexually repressed is, of course, patent nonsense. 2/15/2007 >>more

Teen Sex Leads to Depression and Drug Use
(BLI) there is solid evidence that teen girls who experiment with risky behaviors (i.e., sex and drugs) are more vulnerable to depression. 1/30/2007 >>more

Talking Points: Amniotic Stem Cell Research
(BLI) 1/10/2007 >>more

Sex and Consequences
(BLI) On college campuses, counselors are seeing double the number of depression cases and triple the number of suicidal students. 1/10/2007 >>more

New York Times Admits to a Blatant Lie
(BLI) But No Retraction, No Recriminations, No Firings. How Much Longer Can the Grey Lady Get Away With Sloppy Journalism? 1/4/2007 >>more

Unprotected (5:37)
(BLI) 1/1/2007 >>more

Surprising Reactions to News of Male Contraceptive (4:29)
(BLI) 12/1/2006 >>more

Young Love is a Two-Way Street
(BLI) 8/31/2006 >>more

Plan B Over-the-Counter is Beyond the Pale
(BLI) The plan would unleash a Pandora's Box of problems related to the conflicting roles of doctors and pharmacists in such a commercial arrangement. 8/22/2006 >>more

U.S. is World Leader in Teen Pregnancy and STDs
(BLI) 8/8/2006 >>more

Guttmacher Wants Public Funding For Contraceptives
(BLI) 7/31/2006 >>more

Stem Cell Stampede
(BLI) The debate should be to find facts, not to push celebrity and cockamamie. 7/18/2006 >>more

Another Hit at Abstinence
(BLI) Our nation's teens are once again victims of the left's agenda. 5/2/2006 >>more

Abstinence Education Banned
(BLI) Rhode Island educator ignores that teen sex can be a life or death matter. 3/28/2006 >>more

Sexual Politics and Walking the Line
(BLI) Are moral values a smorgasbord from which you can pick and choose? 3/27/2006 >>more

Teen Sex and Poverty Are Inextricably Linked
(BLI) Abstinence programs are reducing teen pregnancy, abortions and poverty. 3/22/2006 >>more

Pushing Polygamy: “Big Love” is a Big Bore
(BLI) Homosexual creators use HBO program as “nonjudgmental” look at marriage and family. 3/14/2006 >>more

She Had Every Right, but Now She is Dead
(BLI) 3/7/2006 >>more

Love and Sex Without Promises
(BLI) 2/23/2006 >>more

Crouse on ABC World News Tonight
(BLI) 2/2/2006 >>more

Love Potion Number “O”
(BLI) 1/19/2006 >>more

Dr. Janice Crouse on Dayside!
(BLI) 1/18/2006 >>more

First Lady Laura Bush Speaks Out for Abstinence
(BLI) 1/16/2006 >>more

What Works in Preventing Teen Sex
(BLI) 1/9/2006 >>more

The Power of Purity
(BLI) 12/21/2005 >>more

Girls Gone Wild
(BLI) 12/15/2005 >>more

Parental Notification Attacked as Harmful to Teen Health
(BLI) 11/30/2005 >>more

Abstinence Education Works!
(BLI) 8/23/2005 >>more

Cohabitation and Children
(BLI) 8/22/2005 >>more

Waxman Blasts Abstinence Web Site
(BLI) 7/28/2005 >>more

Authors Peddle Adult-Themed Books to Young Teens
(BLI) 7/28/2005 >>more

Abstinence Makes Sense: A Common Sense Rationale
(BLI) Ironically, it is the "progressive" sexual agenda that has led us to the health crisis we face today. 7/18/2005 >>more

Pediatricians Shun Abstinence-Only Education
(BLI) 7/7/2005 >>more

President Bush Supports Abstinence at G8 Conference
(BLI) 7/7/2005 >>more

Abstinence or Contraception?
(BLI) 6/17/2005 >>more

Cohabitation: Consequences for Mothers and Children
(BLI) The changes in family structure are profoundly reshaping American society. 6/9/2005 >>more

Counterfeit Consensus
(BLI) 6/3/2005 >>more

Abortion Accuracy
(BLI) 6/2/2005 >>more

Saran Wrap for ‘Safe’ Teen Sex?
(BLI) 5/20/2005 >>more

Research Documents Success of Abstinence Program
(BLI) 4/29/2005 >>more

Barkin Needs to Blink
(BLI) 4/26/2005 >>more

The Ramifications of Terri’s Tragedy
(BLI) 4/1/2005 >>more

Why Terri’s Case is Important
(BLI) 3/21/2005 >>more

How to Talk to Your Child About Sex: The Sex Pyramid
(BLI) 3/16/2005 >>more

Young Teen Sex:
Hottest New Pop Culture Concern
(BLI) What the girls (and guys) don't realize is that they are getting more than they bargained for. 1/28/2005 >>more

The New Post-Choice Movement
(BLI) Every abortion "statistic" is a tragedy for one, lone, individual woman. She experiences the reality of her loss and, for many, haunted dreams. 1/25/2005 >>more

The Condom Con
(BLI) 1/10/2005 >>more

Plastic Surgery - The Fast Track to Happiness?
(BLI) Instead of being temples for the Holy Spirit, teenagers find solace in new bodies. 12/16/2004 >>more

Media Morality - Does It Even Exist?
(BLI) Indecency tops the charts while morality slides down the drain. 12/10/2004 >>more

Abstinence Education's Amazing Progress
(BLI) School and community programs provide a positive message to teens. 11/24/2004 >>more

Former Surgeons General Address Health Policy Challenges
(BLI) 10/27/2004 >>more

Senate Subcommittee Debates Stem-Cell Research
(BLI) 10/1/2004 >>more

International Planned Parenthood Federation Sets Sights on the World’s Girls
(BLI) 9/15/2004 >>more

Doing Your Own Thing
(BLI) Young people "doing their own thing" often end up broken and deserted. 9/14/2004 >>more

"It Don't Come Easy"
(BLI) Gotta pay your dues, if you want to sing the blues. 8/25/2004 >>more

Free Love: Boulevard or Cul-de-Sac
(BLI) Sexual cynicism vs. sexual reality. Which will win? 7/23/2004 >>more

CDC Reports: Condoms Do Not Prevent HPV
(BLI) 7/7/2004 >>more

SIECUS Slams 'Shame-Based' Abstinence
(BLI) Don't fund "unproven" abstinence programs, they say; pour federal funds back into SIECUS. 6/24/2004 >>more

First Lady ‘Gets It’ on Stem-Cell Research and ‘Women’s Issues’
(BLI) 6/10/2004 >>more

Science Proves the Case
(BLI) The truth substantiated the pro-life arguments. Scientific data backed up the case for life. 5/10/2004 >>more

Abortion Fact Sheet
(BLI) Abortion is facing its most serious threat in decades ... Truth. 4/22/2004 >>more

Limited Horizons
(BLI) 4/12/2004 >>more

Kinsey's Kids
(BLI) The Indiana University sex-guru is still being celebrated. 11/17/2003 >>more

Teen Sex: Question and Answer
(BLI) 11/11/2003 >>more

One Hollywood Step At a Time
(BLI) 9/25/2003 >>more

Margaret's Legacy
(BLI) 8/13/2003 >>more

Results of a Thirty Year Experiment on Women
(BLI) 7/23/2003 >>more

Virginity on the Auction Block
(BLI) 7/22/2003 >>more

Working the Strip in Vegas
(BLI) 7/3/2003 >>more

Will Taxpayer Funds Support Forced Abortions?
(BLI) 6/26/2003 >>more

The Spin on Condoms
(BLI) 6/26/2003 >>more

Teen Sex: Fueled by Media Images or Curbed through Good Information?
(BLI) 6/5/2003 >>more

Sex Sells, Right?
(BLI) 5/29/2003 >>more

The Political Correctness of an Epidemic
(BLI) 5/8/2003 >>more

Prom Promiscuities
(BLI) 4/29/2003 >>more

Let's Talk About Sex
(BLI) 4/24/2003 >>more

"Everybody's Not Doing It"
(BLI) 4/17/2003 >>more

AIDS Funding: A Good Idea Gone Miserably Bad?
(BLI) 3/31/2003 >>more

Answering Teens' Questions
An Interview with Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse
(BLI) 2/21/2003 >>more

Remarks at Press Conference
(BLI) 2/13/2003 >>more

Psychological Problems Skyrocket Among College Students
(BLI) A just-released study of college students indicates that depression has doubled, suicides have tripled and sexual assault cases have quadrupled. There were increases over the past 13 years in 14 of the 19 problem areas studied. 2/5/2003 >>more

UNSAFE, DEADLY & LEGAL
On Abortion 30 Years After Roe v. Wade
(BLI) One of the most important abortion mantras is "make abortion safe, legal and rare." It is legal, but it is not necessarily safe, and it is certainly not rare. 1/27/2003 >>more

Coming to a Campus Near You
(BLI) 1/23/2003 >>more

No Guts, All Glory
(BLI) As the bad girl of glam magazines, Jane wants her readers to know she corners the market on free sex. 1/7/2003 >>more

Protection Teens Are Still Not Getting
(BLI) 12/19/2002 >>more

Miss America Unplugged
(BLI) 10/15/2002 >>more

Politically Incorrect Prenatal Care
(BLI) The Bush administration announced last week that starting in November, it would allow states to provide government-subsidized health care to fetuses. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson issued the new regulation. 10/2/2002 >>more

Miss America: The Rest of the Story
(BLI) 9/26/2002 >>more

Spinning Sex
(BLI) 9/10/2002 >>more

When the Sanctity of Life Unravels
(BLI) 9/4/2002 >>more

The Power of Sexual Purity
(BLI) 8/15/2002 >>more

More Evidence: Cohabitation Is Poor Training for Marriage
(BLI) 7/11/2002 >>more

Teen Births and the M-Word
(BLI) 6/13/2002 >>more

America's Unwanted Children
(BLI) 6/10/2002 >>more

Sex and Self-esteem in Middle School
(BLI) 5/3/2002 >>more

Two Studies on Binge Drinking Show Serious Problems on Nation's Campuses
(BLI) 4/11/2002 >>more

Decline in Business Forces Closure of Philadelphia Clinic
(BLI) 2/28/2002 >>more

Lethal Combination
(BLI) 2/15/2002 >>more

Not Their Finest Hour
(BLI) 2/1/2002 >>more

Abortion and Depression
(BLI) 1/28/2002 >>more

Sad Anniversary: Cause for Contemplation, not Celebration
(BLI) 1/11/2002 >>more

Cultural Decay Continued
(BLI) 1/4/2002 >>more

Ten Pre-Marital Partners "Normal"?
(BLI) 12/13/2001 >>more

The Empty Promise of the Sexual Revolution
(BLI) 11/20/2001 >>more

Cohabiting Adults More Likely to Drink Heavily
(BLI) 10/26/2001 >>more

The "Blessings" of Democracy?; The Rebirth of Manhood
(BLI) 10/11/2001 >>more

HHS Awards Bonuses for Reduced Unwed Birth Rates, Increased Adoptions; Religion & Parents are Strongest Influences in Delaying Sexual Activity
(BLI) 9/27/2001 >>more

Anti-Abstinence Groups: Teen Sex Is Not Risky Behavior
(BLI) 9/12/2001 >>more

Limited Distribution of RU-486; Court Challenges On Pre-Meal Prayer
(BLI) 4/5/2001 >>more

"With God All Things Are Possible"; Blocking Morning-After Pill Distributions to Minors; Pregnancy-Associated Deaths
(BLI) 3/28/2001 >>more

Mixed Messages: Good News on Abstinence vs. Parents' Advice to Teens
(BLI) 3/1/2001 >>more

Waiting Period Defeated; Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception; Evolution Reinstated
(BLI) 2/15/2001 >>more

Waiting Period; Violent Television Programming; Leading Students to Denounce God
(BLI) 2/12/2001 >>more

A Powerful Statement; Abstinence Not Mentioned
(BLI) 1/30/2001 >>more

Abstinence Pledge Works; Female Infanticide
(BLI) 1/16/2001 >>more

Early Abortion Is Being Marketed as "Pregnancy Prevention"
(BLI) 12/11/2000 >>more

Illegal Use of Funds for Abortion; New Anti-Trafficking Laws Passed; The Case for Marriage
(BLI) 10/11/2000 >>more

Drop in Teen Childbearing: A Ray of Hope
(BLI) 10/1/2000 >>more

Pill-Induced Abortion Approved; Born-Alive Protection Act; The Women's Museum
(BLI) 9/29/2000 >>more

Rapidly Spreading, Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea; Pressure on Nicauragua
(BLI) 9/26/2000 >>more

"Early Option"; Behavior Control; "Divorce Revolution"
(BLI) 9/8/2000 >>more

Human Embryo Cell Research; Commandment Book Covers; "We Still Pray"
(BLI) 8/24/2000 >>more