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PEPFAR's Shortcomings: What is to Be Done?

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.17.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abstinence Only, Pepfar, Millennium Development Goals, Health, President Obama, Africa, HIV in Africa, Abstinence Education, Bush Legacy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Development, Foreign Policy, World News
Josh Ruxin

While it is beginning to look old and creaky, PEPFAR is a progressive and productive program that provides an excellent base of experience on which the Obama administration can build.

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On Abortion, Pro-Choice is the Compromise Position

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Rights, George W. Bush, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Abstinence Education, Joe Biden, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Right of Conscious, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

In order for one to be a child, one has to be a human being, and human beings are biologically independent and viable organisms, which fetuses are not.

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Saving Yourself for Marriage: A Quaint New Custom for the Next Generation

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Abstinence, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Latino Community, Abstinence Hispanic Community, Confederation of Spanish-American Families, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

So what's it like being pure in the 21st century?

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John McCain's Wrong Answers to Working Women's Questions--Now Give Him Your Answer at the Ballot Box

Gloria Feldt | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Air Quotes, Women, John McCain, Republican Platform, Reproductive Choice, Women Voters, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Questions for McCain, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Reproductive Health, Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin, Samantha Bee, Abortion Ban, Abstinence Only, Women's Heath, Lilly Ledbetter, 2008 Presidential Race, Women and Politics, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Economic Justice, Republicans, Equal Pay, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

It's time for real straight talk on how your policies affect real women, Senator McCain.

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Lipstick on Doggerel

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, John McCain, Palin Rape Kits, Humor, Troopergate, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, George W. Bush, 2008 Election, Poetry, Dick Cheney, Politics, Creationism, Sarah Palin Abstinence, Earmarks, Political Humor, Poems, Sarah Palin, Wasilla Public Library, Abstinence Education, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Wasilla Assembly of God, Censorship, Palin Earmarks, Politics News
Evan Eisenberg

I wrote this bit of doggerel a while ago but only just got around to making it hyperdoggerel by equipping the stanza numbers with links. (Warning: VI...

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HIV Scare at St. Louis High School

Abigail Jones | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Teen Sex Education, Cdc, St. Louis, Teenage Sex, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, HIV/AIDS, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Health Scares, Normandy High School, Kids, Sex...With Mom and Dad, Health, Teens, Abstinence Education, High School, Gossip Girl, Bristol Palin, Troubled Teens, Living News
Abigail Jones

Normandy High School officials should have come out strongly, advocating openness, pushing sex education, and acknowledging the problems and pressures of teenage life.

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McCain Would Undermind Development By Restricting Women's Access To Reproductive Health Programs

Jane Roberts | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Child Mortality, 2008 Elections, Women, John McCain, Reproductive Rights, United Nations, Maternal Health, Development Assistance, HIV/AIDS, Barack Obama, Women's Health, Millennium Development Goals, Health, Abstinence Education, Home News
Jane Roberts

John, when the world takes care of women, women take care of the world. The Bush Administration plays all kinds of games with women's access to reproductive health and family planning. You haven't shown me that you would be any better.

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Abstinence-Only Multimillionaire Funds 527 Attack on Abortion Issue

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Raymond Ruddy, Culture Wars, John McCain, Abstinence Only, Sarah Palin, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Born Alive, Barack Obama, Abstinence Education, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Social conservatives -- emboldened by the addition of Sarah Palin to the ticket -- are promoting Culture War issues to shift the focus away from the economy, housing, energy, the environment and national security.

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Sarah Palin, Blind to Overpopulation Threat

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 10.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Abstinence Education, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Pro-Life, Bristol Palin, Overpopulation, Sarah Palin, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Sarah Palin scares the hell out of me, and for good reasons. She believes the war in Iraq is "God's task." She has actively sought the support of th...

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Levi Johnston Is a F---in' Redneck Genius

Disgrasian | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Raising Children, Sarah Palin Vice President, McCain VP, Right to Choose, Redneck, Republican Family Values, Right to Life, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Abstinence Only, Family Values, Palin Pregnancy, Photo Ops, Sarah Palin, Safe Sex, Teen Pregnancy, Geniuses, Levi Johnston, Abstinence Education, Bristol Palin Levi Johnston, Unsafe Sex, Bristol Palin, Politics News
Disgrasian

McCAIN: So, is this the Impregnator? LEVI: Impregnawhat? I'm just a fuckin' redneck. Dude, how old are you again? Like, 126 years old? You...

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Juno From Juneau: A Video Report From The RNC Floor On Palin's Problem

Max Blumenthal | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence Education, Abortion, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Sex, Meghan McCain, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Bristol Palin, Roy Blunt, Politics News
Max Blumenthal

2008-09-02-blumenthalrnc.jpgRepublican luminaries including John McCain's 20-something daughter, Meghan, tried to elude my line of questioning.

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Women's Issue

Jane Smiley | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abstinence Only, Women's Health, Sarah Palin, Morning After Pill, Abstinence Education, Sex Education, Politics News
Jane Smiley

Bristol Palin's pregnancy is at the heart of what women and the right wing have been fighting over for thirty years, and it isn't abortion, it's privacy and the right to control your own reproductive choices.

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And She Homeschools? 10 Reasons Sarah Palin Terrifies (and Fascinates) Me

Dan Brown | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Sarah Palin Vp, Abortion Rights, Bridge to Nowhere, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sex Education, John McCain 2008, Interior Distance Education of Alaska, Sarah Palin, Politico, Palin Trooper Scandal, Track Palin, Abstinence Education, Grover Norquist, Education Reform, Wasilla Alaska, Homeschool, Bristol Palin, Global Warming, Politics News
Dan Brown

I'm worried that I'm obsessing too much about Sarah Palin. She terrifies me! She fascinates me! She could be running our country! Here are ten reasons...

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"Twilight": Sexual Longing in an Abstinence-Only World

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 09.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Literature, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sex, Abstinence Education, Harry Potter, Stephanie Meyer, Teenagers, Twilight, Entertainment News
Sarah Seltzer

If you've been spending time in proximity to teenage girls this week, there's a strong chance you've heard about Edward Cullen. Cullen is the undead hero of bestselling young adult fantasy/romance series The Twilight saga.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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

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 07.17.2008 | Politics

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

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 07.02.2008 | 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 06.24.2008 | 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
Scott Swenson

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

Think Progress | Posted 06.11.2008 | 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 05.08.2008 | 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 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence Only, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Teen, Teen Sex, Sex Education, Teenagers, Politics News
Rep. Lois Capps

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

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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Congress Again Extends Abstinence-Only Funding

Washington Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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

Congress again has extended funding for a core abstinence-education program, sparking protests from sex-education advocates who want Democrats to pull...

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