Abstinence Education

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abstinence Education, John McCain, HIV/AIDS Africa, Senator McCain, Women's Health, Condoms, Politics News

American women and families deserve to know how McCain feels on matters such as public funding for contraception, abstinence-only education, and the effectiveness of condoms in preventing STDs.

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Why I'm Not Writing That Check to Obama Today

Gloria Feldt | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Abortion, Marie Cocco, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Fisa, Abstinence Education, Sex Education, Evangelicals, Obama Flip Flop, Politics News

Looking at his statements about abortion in the big picture, Obama's character begins to appear as someone who is quick to deflect, demur, defer to his challengers.

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States Reject Abstinence-Only Funding From Federal Government

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: States, Sex Education, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Educating Funding, Abstinence Education Grants, States Turn Down Abstinence Funding, Abstinence Only, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush adm...

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Sinking Swift Boats Aimed at Obama on Sex Ed

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Sex Ed, Abstinence Only, Barack Obama, Teen Sex Education, Conservatives, Christian Broadcasting Network, Obama Sex Ed, Abstinence Education, David Brody, Sex Education, Politics News

In trying to "Swift Boat" Obama on comprehensive, age-appropriate, sex ed, the abstinence-only crowd is, in reality, just trying to rally the narrow social conservative base for McCain.

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Teaching Abstinence: Still Not Cool

Sascha Elise Cohen | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only Education, Sex Ed, Just for Girls, Human Life Alliance, Just for Boys, Sexual Education, 236.Com, Media News

Sexual naiveté and repression make for a bad wedding present. Wow, thanks honey, you don't know a uterus from a uvula! I'm so glad I married someone who thinks we pee out of our belly buttons!

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Swift Boat Vets' PR Firm Now Pushing Abstinence-Only Campaign

Think Progress | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Valerie Huber, Swiftboating, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Abstinence Only, Swift Boat Veterans, Abstinence Education, Parents for Truth, National Abstinence Education Association, Swiftboat, Parents for Truth Campaign, Living News

On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that the National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) is launching a $1 million "Parents for Truth" campai...

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The Daily Show Messages Teens About Sex

Huffington Post | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Teenage Sex, Miley Cyrus, Daily Show, Abstinence Only, Jon Stewart, Abstinence Education, Living News

The Daily Show broadened the Miley Cyrus/Vanity Fair photo hullabaloo story on Tuesday night's show, and did a segment on teen sex. Jon and the corres...

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Let's Give Our Kids All The Information They Need To Make Safe, Healthy Choices

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence Only, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Teen, Teen Sex, Sex Education, Teenagers, Politics News

Over the past decade we have spent over 1.3 billion in Federal dollars on abstinence-only education, event though these programs are ineffective and often contain false information.

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The Bush Administration and the Politics of "Punishment"

Keli Goff | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election and Abortion, Abortion, Michelle Malkin Obama, HIV/AIDS, Stds, Abstinence Only, Teen Girls Stds, Aids, Abstinence Education, Obama Abortion, Michelle Malkin, Sex Education, Stds Teenage Girls, Politics News

Perhaps Michelle Malkin and her conservative cohorts found Obama's comments on sex education so disturbing because of the president's oh-so impressive record on the issue.

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Students of Christianity, Yes. Virginity, No.

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Evangelical, Christianity, Chastity, Virginity, Bible, Students of Virginity, Evangelicalism, Sex, Stds, Abstinence, Sexuality, Abstinence Only, Abstinence-Only, Fornication, Abstinence Education, Teen Sex, Premarital Sex, Politics News

I'm no longer a student of virginity. It's not a divine mandate as far as I can tell. But I'm still a student of Christianity.

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Abstinence is the New Feminism (And Other Things I Learned at Harvard)

Shelby Knox | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

The last thing anyone, male or female, needs on a college campus is a rancorous and harmful debate about the merits of sex or no sex.

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Trusting Teenage Girls: What America Can Learn from HBO's Dr. Paul Weston

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychotherapy, Therapy, Abstinence Only, Sex, Hbo, Teens, Abstinence-Only, Abstinence, HBO in Treatment, Abstinence Education, Teen Sex, Sexuality, In Treatment, Teenagers, Living News

In order to enable teens to gain knowledge, we first have to trust teens. And like the viewers who can't stand Sophie on In Treatment, there are far too many lawmakers who would rather push them out of view.

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Teen Sexual Health Crisis: What Parents Can Do

Shelby Knox | Posted 03.13.2008 | Living

America has to get over its squeamishness about teens and sex: not talking about it for the past 20 years has proven ineffective, to say the least.

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The McModerate

Cristina Page | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Contraception, Tom Coburn, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Rights, John McCain Abortion, John McCain, John McCain Reproductive Rights, Abstinence, Pro-Lifers, 2008 Election, Sexuality, 2008 Election and Abortion, John McCain Tom Coburn, Abstinence Education, Anti-Choice, Condoms, Politics News

Iraq is not the only unpopular war Bush started that McCain hopes to continue. The war on Americans' sex lives is another and McCain has already proven himself a good, loyal general.

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How Can the Richest Country in the World Deal With the Issue of Teen Pregnancy?

Maria Kefalas | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

When you look at the rest of the world where teenage childbearing has become a problem of another time, it is maddening to see policymakers in the U.S. so perplexed.

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Jamie Lynn Spears, Juno and Knocked Up: Can You Hear Me Yet?

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Juno, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Congress Abstinence, Jamie Lynn Pregnant, Planned Parenthood Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Only Lobby, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Pregnancy, Planned Parenthood, Juno Movie, Knocked Up, Britney's Sister Pregnant, Politics News

Teen sex and unintended pregnancy are everywhere. In fact, the only place these topics aren't being discussed are in health classes in high schools.

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Obey and Pelosi Fiddle While Rome Burns

James Wagoner | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Pelosi, Abstinence, Hiv, Teen Birth Rate, HIV/AIDS, Contraceptives, Abstinence Only, Sex, Nancy Pelosi, Abstinence-Only, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Teen Sex, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Politics News

Not a single amendment was offered in the House by pro-choice "champions" to bring a halt to the funding of programs that spread ignorance in the era of AIDS.

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So Much For That "Abstinence Only" Idea: Teen Birth Rate Rises For First Time Since 91

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Abstinence-Only, Abstinence Education, Teen Birth, Abstinence Only Debate, Teen Birth Rise, Abstinence Debate, Teen Birth Rate 1991, Living News

In a troubling reversal, the nation's teen birth rate rose for the first time in 15 years, surprising government health officials and reviving the bit...

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The Katrina of Public Health

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abstinence Only, AIDS Washington D.C., AIDs Epidemic, Abstinence, AIDS African Americans, Abstinence Education, D.C., Sex Education, Politics News

An epidemic so close to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue can't help but make one wonder if federal policy, or non-policy, is at the nucleus of the AIDS health catastrophe.

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Democrats Abstain From Principles: Fund Bush Anti-Sex Education Programs at Record Level

James Wagoner | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Appropriations Conference Committee, Sex Education, Abstinence Until Marriage, Abstinence Only, Culture of Life, Abstinence Education, True Love Waits, Congress, Henry Waxman, Democrats, David Obey, Politics News

The Democrats' windfall was larger than what Bush had been able to obtain from the prior Republican-controlled Congress.

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Message to Congress: Just Say No

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only, Congress Abstinence, Sex Education, Politics News

Just say no to programs that don't provide full information to young people. Just say no to programs that cause young people to feel shameful or fearful of their sexuality.

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Talk to Your Kids About Sex, and Don't Leave Out the Good Stuff

Jessie Gaskell | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Talk to Me Abstinence Campaign, Talk to Me, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only, Sex Education, Tell Me What You Want From Me, Politics News

People are talking about the discomfort of watching child actors hired by an Abstinence-Only contingent turn their dewy eyes to the camera and say things like "Tell me what you want from me."

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Something Wrong With This Picture?

Gloria Feldt | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, Gag Rule, Maine Condoms, Maine Middle Schoolers Birth Control, Susan Orr, Pro-Life, Portland Middle Schoolers Birth Control, A Woman's Concern, Maine Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Eric Keroack, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Abortion Gag Rule, Pro-Choice, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Title X, Politics News

Bush ardently continues his pattern of filling the position of the administrator of our nation's major family planning program with a person who fundamentally opposes birth control, Dr. Susan Orr.

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Good News About Adolescent Sexual Behavior Never Seems to Make the Headlines

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Portland Middle Schoolers Birth Control, Maine Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Maine Condoms, Maine Middle Schoolers Birth Control, Abstinence Education, Sexual Education, Portland, Birth Control Middle Schoolers, Sex Middle Schoolers, Politics News

Many teens can be helped to rethink their decisions about sex. But not all of them. And that's where the Portland school board got it right.

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On Providing Birth Control for Middle Schoolers

Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Maine Birth Control, Maine Condoms, Abstinence Education, Maine Middle Schoolers Birth Control, Birth Control, Sex Education, Sex Middle Schoolers, Maine, Sexually Active Teens, Stds, Politics News

Congratulations, Portland, Maine. You've admitted what so many deny: teens are sexually active, and we need to help them stay safe and make smart choices.

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