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It has long been observed that there is a correlation between the relative poverty level and the level of teen out-of-wedlock pregnancy in any given area. Whatever the actual cause may be, its effect tends to domino into a plethora of other negative results including: lower high school retention rates, delinquency, domestic violence and increased poverty. Incidentally, studies prove that these issues tend to be reciprocal. At First Step, we advocate a healthy sexual lifestyle and we promote abstinence from sex until an individual is in a healthy, loving, marriage relationship. This is our position for several reasons. |
- Abstinence is consistent with our belief that a healthy marriage is the most important and fundamental element of a healthy family and, in turn, a healthy society.
- The decrease in unwanted pregnancy that results from abstaining from sex before marriage leads to a host of additional positive effects. These include lower child poverty levels, increased high school retention, increased child health, decrease in delinquency and others.
- Abstinence is the only truely effective and safe method of contraception. Every other method has some risk or side effect no matter how small.
- Children born out of wedlock are more susceptible to the effects of poverty, therefore, abstinence helps to curb the cycle of poverty and domestic violence by reducing the amount of children born under these circumstances.
It is our belief that the best way to prevent the proliferation of domestic violence is through the promotion of healthy relationships. In doing this, it is important that we utilize all the tools at our disposal that can most effectively deal with these issues. Abstinence is simply one of those tools.
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