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Prayer Requests, Updates and News
Dean Gavaris is the director of Gateway Pregnancy Centers

Sharing Christ with Women in Crisis Pregnancy
in Elizabeth, NJ since 1985, and in Irvington, NJ since 1991
we are a non-profit crisis pregnancy ministry
All of our services are free!

Contraceptive ed. failure
Family Planning Perspectives vol. 18, pp 162-170 1986. Journal of School Health: pp421-424, vol55, 1985.

Condoms simply not used
JAMA: June 20, 1990 vol. 263: pp3155-3159

Condom failure rate
Family Planning Perspectives, July- Aug, 1988; also, FPP, Sept/Oct, 1986, p. 204, authors: Elise Jones and Jackie Forrest, FPP, vol. 24:12, December, 1992.

Working abstinence programs
Sex Respect, Chicago: 77% teen pregnancy reduction
Teen-Aid
Project Reality, Chicago
Amer. for Sound AIDS Policy (info only), Washington
A.C. Green Youth Foundation, LA, Cal.
Educational Guidance Inst, Arlington, VA.
Project Respect, Golf, Illinois
Community of Caring, Joe Kennedy Foundation, Wash.

Condom breakage/HIV transmission
Amer Jour. of Nursing, 10-87, p.1306 and British Med. Journal, July, 1987, #295: especially, FDA study by Carey, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, pp.230-234; July, 1992.

San Francisco HIV-condom program increased non-virgins 25%
FPP, Jan. 1991, p.11-12

Condoms don't prevent HPV spread
Family Practice News, vol. 22, #12, June 15, 1992.

Abstinence best mental health
Jour. of Youth/Adolescence, 10/87, p.507

Direct abstinence programs "significantly affect teens maintaining virginity"
US Dept. of Health and Human Services: Title XX study.
"Institute for Research and Evaluation" 7/92
Newsweek, Jan. 20, 1992, p.52

Wide-range prevention, values/behaviors training reduces alcohol, drug, etc. problems
Journal of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 9, 1984, pp137-40; also: Dr. Donald Orr, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine. Chicago Tribune, April 14, 1991.

Consistent condom use uncommon
among other studies:
MacDonald, JAMA, June 20, 1990, vol 263, No. 23, pp 3155- 3159, also American Journal of Public Health, 1988: 78:pp460-1.

Failure of Sex Ed Programs
many studies, among them:
Stout and Rivera, PEDIATRICS, Vol 83, #3, March, 1989. Again, see Family Planning Perspectives (Planned Parenthood Education arm), D.A. Dawson, vol 18(4), pp. 162-170, 1986 Kirby, Jour. of School Health, vol. 55, #10, pp421-424, 1985.

Values based teaching essential
Journal of Marriage and Family, pp. 250-251, May, 1987

Syphilis at 40-year high
Dailey Herald, Feb/2, 1990, quoting Dr. Ward Cates, of STD Div. of Centers for Disease Control.

Character Revival Needed
Dallas Morning News, Dec. 21, 1990, quoting Louis Sullivan, then Head of Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Values Education
in Sacramento, CA., Presented by Rudy Crew, former New York Schools Chancellor! see Community of Caring, Washington DC.

Textbook: Educating For Character
Thomas Likona, 1992

Condom Failure Rate
CM Roland, Rubber World, vol. 208, June, 1993.
University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Press Release: June 7, 1993, Condoms Fail 31% of the time to prevent HIV!
Contact: Susan Weller at 409-772-2618. published: June, 1993 in Social Science and Medicine, #36-120, analysis of data from 11 different studies!

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