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Abstinence Only Education

Panel Votes To Restore Abstinence-Only Education Money

AP | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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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

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Reproductive Justice

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

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Why Is America So Obsessed with Virginity?

Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Style

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Anastasia Kousakis

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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Yes, College Students Have Sex. So Why Deny Them Information?

Daniela Ramirez | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Daniela Ramirez

By denying access to contraceptive resources and restricting open discussion of reproductive health, Catholic colleges are putting the sexual health of sexually active young adults in serious danger.

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Virginity Rules: Will Our Next President Reform Sex-Ed?

NEWSWEEK | Laura Beil | Posted 11.20.2008 | Style

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Although the world has recently preoccupied itself with sex education in Alaska, it is here, in my home state of Texas, where the battle over abstinen...

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States Increasingly Refusing Funds For Abstinence-Only Programs

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The number of states refusing federal money for "abstinence-only" sex education programs jumped sharply in the past year as evidence mounted that the ...

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