abstinence-only
Yesterday, the White House confirmed that under its plan to fund teen pregnancy prevention programs through community and faith-based programs, "some abstinence-only education could qualify."
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Obama's 2010 budget gets us on the road to comprehensive sexuality education. But it will be up to advocates, Congress, and the agencies administering funds to get us all the way to there.
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We keep telling teens to be responsible. But to whom are the politicians, corporate do-gooders and celeb-vocates concerned about teen pregnancy responsible and for what?
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Kansas AG blames economy for uptick in domestic violence; North Carolina House passes sex ed bill; undercover at a crisis pregnancy center; from "pro-life feminist to pro-choice mama."
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By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check April 10, 2009 - 12:44pm
An article at the Heritage Foundation offers twelve administration policies that "undermine civil society."
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As amusing as the Sarah Palin family circus may seem to gleeful liberals, there is something sad about it too. How many lives have been ruined by the kind of high-minded, impractical approach to sex that Sarah Palin's party pushed?
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"Abstinence-plus" under consideration in Texas; North Dakota Senate Committee votes down "egg-as-person;" Population Connection staffer becomes abstinence educator; Obama's nominees face Republican opposition; rank-and-file Catholics share views of non-Catholics; CatholicVote.org looks to viral videos.
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Luckily, Barack Obama’s budget left out Title V funding for
abstinence-only education, and now the right wing is up in arms. And it’s going to the Senate Budget Committee today, so now it’s our turn to speak up.
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By Joe Sonka, Advocates for Youth March 16, 2009 - 7:00am
Faced with evidence that abstinence-only programs don't work, what are their proponents doing? Rebranding!
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The Guttmacher's Rachel Gold on improving family planning access in the U.S. Also, when is porn addiction addiction, and how bad is sex education in Texas?
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