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Whose Right to Sex Education?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Virginity Pledges, Sex Education, Guttmacher Institute, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Barack Obama, Wisconsin, Politics News

What did we get for $1.9 billion? Nothing good. Abstinence-only education has been shown to have no effect on how much teenagers have sex - none.

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Listen Up Obama: The HIV/AIDS Virus Has Moved South

Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, Abstinence Only, Reproductive Rights, Abstinence Only Debate, AIDs Epidemic, Politics News

South Carolina, like a number of states in the Southeastern region, is being devastated by a silent enemy that hasn't attracted a lot of media attention lately: HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

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Only in the Bizarro World

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, National Academy of Sciences, Gun Violence, Congress, Senate, Amtrak, Abstinence Only, Crime, Suicide, Bizarro World, Superman, Institute of Medicine, Guns, Politics News

Households with guns are 11 times more likely to use those guns to commit suicide than for self defense. But to be fair, we don't just kill ourselves, we kill others, a lot.

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Abstinence-Only Programs: What Part of 'They Don't Work' Is Hard to Understand?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Max Baucus, Abstinence Education, National Women's Law Center, Senate Finance Committee, Abstinence Only, 2010 Budget, Politics News

Over 80 percent of abstinence-only curricula provide information about contraception and other reproductive health services that is medically inaccurate, exaggerated, and misleading.

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The Un-Credible Max Baucus and the Failure of Health Care Reform

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Abstinence Only, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Abstinence Education, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Money spent on abstinence education is a waste, except for those pandering to please a minority of citizens who do tend to vote consistently.

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Panel Votes To Restore Abstinence-Only Education Money

AP | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blanche Lincoln, Senate, Abstinence Only Education, Abstinence Only, President Obama, Abstinence Education, Max Baucus, Senate Fiance Committee, Ken Conrad, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education that President Ba...

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Abstinence Education DisObeyed

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Abstinence, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only Education, Abstinence Only, David Obey, House Appropriations Committe, Politics News

The strongest player in the political poker games surrounding sex education is David R. Obey, House Appropriations Committee Chair.

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Another Blight on the Abstinence Only Agenda

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Abstinence Education, Religion and Politics, Divorce, Abstinence Only Debate, Abstinence Only, Premarital Sex, Living News

Yes, you can argue that if you're not prepared to take on the responsibilities associated with marriage, then you may be unprepared to take on those of having sexual relations. Idealism, however, has proven a poor indicator of what actually takes place.

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What if Congress Says "Know" to Abstinence-Only Funding

Reproductive Justice | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Abstinence Education Association, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only, David Obey, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Title X, House Appropriations Committe, Politics News

After thirteen years and more than a billion dollars, the budget axe is raised over abstinence-until-marriage programs.

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House Committee Zeroes Out Traditional Sources of Ab-Only Funding, Removes Ban on Syringe Exchange

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Abstinence Education, Syringe Exchange, Abstinence Only, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Politics News

Needle-exchange programs were banned for many years solely due to ideological opposition and false charges that such programs encouraged further drug use.

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A Crisis of Deception: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, A Special Report

Reproductive Justice | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Cdc, Abstinence Only, Cpc, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Breast Cancer, David Obey, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Naea, Politics News

A government report found that not only do abstinence-only education programs fail to delay the onset of sexual activity, its students are more likely to think condoms don't help prevent STI's.

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Abstinence-Only Advocates Attempt to Evolve, but Don't Be So Easily Fooled

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Comprehensive Sex Education, Medically Accurate, Abstinence Only, Politics News

Abstinence-only advocates have been long organizing a comeback, rebranding themselves as science-based and holistic, and they're still getting $41,000,000 of your tax dollars.

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What Comes After Abstinence-Only: Advocates Urge White House and Congress to Broaden Teen Pregnancy Initiative

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Appropriations, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Abortion, Contraception, Abstinence Only, Teen Violence, Politics News

Far more must be done to address teen sexuality, prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and to prevent the violence and coercion by intimate partners.

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Sex Ed in a Conservative Town

Reproductive Justice | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sex Education, Abstinence Only, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexual Health, Premarital Sex, Same Sex Marriage, Politics News

Programs like this, that foster myths and stereotypes, should have no place in our schools.

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God and Abstinence

Reproductive Justice | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teen Sex Education, Stds, Sexual Health, Abstinence Only, Sti, Abstinence Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teen Sex, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Politics News

At the Mississippi Department of Human Services' summit, "Abstinence Works: Let's Talk About It," we didn't talk about abstinence, but we sure did chant, cheer, dance, pray and sing about it.

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White House Abstinence Funding May Be Provided After All

CNN | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Budget, Abstinence Only, Budget, President Obama, Abstinence, Teen Pregnancy, Obama Budget, Abstinence Education, Obama, Politics News

Although President Obama cut funding for abstinence-only sex education from his new budget, a White House official said Tuesday that some programs cou...

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Mother's Day Reminds Me of the Pill

Rachel Farris | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Womens Rights, The Pill, Gynecology, Abstinence Only, Women's Health, Mother's Day, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Women's Movement, Millennial Generation, Generation Y, Living News

Those little white hormones packed in foil aren't the controlled substance here: women are. And if anyone tells you differently, ask them why you can buy condoms and cigarettes in a 7-Eleven.

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Bristol Palin Got Pregnant So You Don't Have To

Jenny Block | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Sex Ed, Abstinence Only, Bristol Palin Abstinence, Sex, Abstinence-Only, Abstinence, Abstinence Education, Bristol Palin Levi Johnston, Birth Control, Bristol Palin Baby, Bristol Palin, Living News

The abstinence movement has a brand new Barbie to push their fruitless agenda -- Bristol Palin. I don't know why I'm surprised.

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Happy Masturbation Month!

Daniel Denvir | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex, Hallmark-Holiday, Abstinence, Abstinence-Only, Viagra, Contraception, Jocelyn Elders, Barack Obama, Sex Education, Masturbation, Living News

You may not realize that it's been masturbation month for almost two weeks already. I know, it's just a Hallmark holiday, but you won't use that excuse with your mother this Sunday.

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Bristol Palin Can See Unicorns From Her House

Michael Rowe | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Abstinence Only, Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Levi Johnston, Abstinence Education, Bristol Palin Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin, Politics News

Suddenly I realized what an ironic stroke of genius Bristol's selection really was, because, Bristol really is the perfect ambassador for abstinence education: She's proof that it doesn't work.

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Sex, Lies, and Federal Money: My Experience With Abstinence-Only Education

Shelby Knox | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only, Sex, Sex Education, Bristol Palin, Politics News

One federally funded program included a skit which concludes that giving a condom to a teen is like saying, "Well if you insist on killing yourself by jumping off the bridge, at least wear these elbow pads."

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Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Have Not Reduced Teen Pregnancy

Jane Fonda | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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

Time and time again, we hear from high school students saying the sex education they receive is inadequate, it comes too late, and it does not teach them the skills they need to act responsibly.

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Why Is America So Obsessed with Virginity?

Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Abstinence Only Education, Women's Issues, Feminist, Reproductive Rights, Anti-Feminism, Virgins, Integrity Balls, Reproductive Health, The Purity Myth, Feminism, Sexuality, Women's Sexuality, Pornography, Virgin, Homosexuality, Feministing.com, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Virginity Pledges, Women's Health, Sex, Feministing, Jessica Valenti, Women and Politics, Abstinence Education, Virginity, Purity Balls, Feminists, Valenti, Bristol Palin, Virginity Movement, Style News

As a concept, virginity is more dangerous than not, because it puts us into these virgin or not categories, which doesn't really give us a very nuanced perspective or understanding of sexuality.

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