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Comprehensive Sex Education

Abstinence Speaker Reportedly Tells HS Students 'If You Take Birth Control, Your Mother Probably Hates You'

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.17.2013 | Women
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Pam Stenzel, an abstinence-only speaker, sparked controversy after giving a talk to an assembly of West Virginia high school students this week. Stenz...

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Fighting Teen Pregnancy With Peer Influence

Catherine M. Abate | Posted 03.31.2013 | New York
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Catherine M. Abate

To effectively encourage teens to make the right decisions about sex, their relationships, and their health, we need to expand our strategies to include more teen-to-teen education.

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Hunter Stuart

Gay Student's Flamboyant Style Blamed For His Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 11.28.2011 | Gay Voices
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Only a few hours had passed after 17-year-old Brandon McInerney had pled guilty to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King at E.O. Gre...

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First Important Steps

Joan Malin | Posted 11.28.2011 | New York
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Joan Malin

This week is National Sex Ed Week, and for the first time in 20 years, we're celebrating it knowing New York City will now require sex education to be taught in schools.

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Law Requiring Sex-Ed Teachers To Talk Condoms Narrowly Passes Senate

Posted 07.26.2011 | Chicago
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A bill eked its way to a victory by the narrowest possible margin in the Illinois Senate Wednesday, mandating that sex-ed teachers educate students on...

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U.S. Conservatives Attack UNESCO's Sex Ed Guidelines

Yahoo! News | BRUCE CRUMLEY / PARIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Any attempt to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV around the world has to be a ...

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

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

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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Can You Hear Me Yet?

Cecile Richards | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Cecile Richards

At this point, it's hard to imagine how much more data the government and Congress need to understand that just telling kids to not have sex isn't working.

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