Sexuality Issues

Through listening and encouragement, the counselors at Cobb Pregnancy are instrumental in helping our clients evaluate their current choices regarding their relationships and sexuality in order to make healthier decisions in the future.

Our counselors are aware of the following:

• The United States has an epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STI’s). Over 70 million Americans currently have an STI. 19 million new cases occur each year. Half of these are in people under 25. [1]
• Most people with STI’s have no symptoms. Even without symptoms, they can still pass on the infection. [2]
• In women, complications from infection include pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), tubal pregnancy, infertility and cervical cancer. In pregnant women, STI’s can lead to miscarriage, stillbirths, preterm delivery and birth defects….Some STIs, such as HIV, can be life threatening. [3]
• Waiting to have sex until you are in a faithful, lifelong relationship (such as marriage) is the only way to avoid being infected sexually. [4]
• “Sexual permissiveness has not led to greater pleasure, freedom and openness, more meaningful relationships between the sexes, or exhilarating relief from stifling inhibitions, but has often led to empty relationships, feelings of self-contempt and worthlessness.” [5]

                                                          
Resources                                                       

1. The Medical Institute of Medical Health. Available from: www.medinstitute.org.

2. Ibid

3. Ibid

4. Ibid 
*Note: At Cobb Pregnancy we believe the “faithful, lifelong relationship” is marriage.

5. The Constitutional Coalition. “The Rules Have Changed” Video. Quote from Dr. Armand Nicholi, Harvard Medical School.