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Comprehensive Sexuality Education

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
Reproductive Justice

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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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
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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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
Jodi Jacobson

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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The Immorality of Teaching Abstinence Only

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Religion and Politics, Abstinence Education, Obama Administration, Sexuality and Religion, President Barack Obama, Sex Education, Politics News
Rev. Debra Haffner

As religious leaders, we believe there are strong moral foundations for giving young people the information they need to delay sexual intimacy. Preaching abstinence alone is not enough.

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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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Americans Embrace Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values in Historic Election

Scott Swenson | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, Health, Abstinence-Only Programs, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Teen Pregnancy, Values Voters, Barack Obama, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, Living News
Scott Swenson

Social conservatives have a simple choice to make. They can recognize the US as a pluralistic nation with diverse beliefs and work with people they disagree with, or marginalize themselves.

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Obama Plays Offense Asserting Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Naral Pro-Choice America, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, Democratic Congress, John McCain, Bush Administration Redefining Contraception as Abortion, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Guttmacher Institute, Nancy Keenan, Susan Cohen, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Politically, Obama's embrace of the education and prevention agenda long encompassed in the phrase "pro-choice" represents a shift away from abortion politics as usual.

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Yes, Sex Education in Kindergarten!

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Comprehensive Sexuality Education, John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Obama Sex Education, Sex, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Politics News
Rev. Debra Haffner

Sex education in the early primary years sets a foundation for later, more in-depth education.

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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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Bush HHS Tries an End Run on Abstinence-Only Funding

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Advocates for Youth, Robert W. Patterson, Congress, Abstinence Only, Bill Smith, George W. Bush, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Marcela Howell, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Sex, Siecus, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Last week the Bush Administration issued a letter waiving the annual application process and review for the Title V Abstinence-Only State Grant Program.

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Harball Flirts With Women Voters

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hardball, Heidi Harris, Abotion, Birth Control, Ellen Moran, Women Voters, Reproductive Health, Amy Goodman, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Cecile Richards, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Abortion, Abortion Rights, Birth Control Pill, 2008 Election and Abortion, Politics News
Scott Swenson

If Chris Matthews and the mainstream media want to add something productive to the reproductive rights debate, they should move off the 70's polarization created by the far-right.

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