Sex Education

Why I'm Not Writing That Check to Obama Today

Gloria Feldt | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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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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Rev. Jim Wallis Needs a Reality Check on Abortion Reduction Plank

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Democratic Platform, Rev. Jim Wallis, Abstinence-Only, Contraception, GOP Platform, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Instead of picking a fight with the left, Wallis should be asking why it is the far-right gets away with opposing common sense education and prevention ideas.

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States Reject Abstinence-Only Funding From Federal Government

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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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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Sisterhood of the Maternity Pants

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Rev. Debra Haffner

The research on this is clear -- when parents talk explicitly about sexuality, teenagers either delay sexual activity altogether, or they use contraception when they do become sexually active.

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Sinking Swift Boats Aimed at Obama on Sex Ed

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.16.2008 | 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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Department of Justice Imposes Litmus Tests When Helping Troubled Teens

Paul Peete | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Department of Justice, Politicization, J K Flores, Abstinence Programs, Sex Education, Troubled Teens, Juvenile Crime, Home News
Paul Peete

Hope for our troubled teens? Not if you are sexually active, Gay/Lesbian, and most of all, not assisted by Republicans

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Let's Give Our Kids All The Information They Need To Make Safe, Healthy Choices

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 04.23.2008 | 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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The Bush Administration and the Politics of "Punishment"

Keli Goff | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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Keli Goff

Perhaps Michelle Malkin and her conservative cohorts found Obama's comments on sex education so disturbing because of the president's oh-so impressive record on the issue.

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Pass It On: 75% of Pro-Choice Voters Need to Know the Truth -- John McCain Does Not Support a Woman's Right to Choose

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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Morra Aarons-Mele

McCain's record is really, really anti-choice. Not only anti-choice, but anti-sex ed, anti-emergency contraception, and anti-women.

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Women's Realities: What HuffPost Women Had to Say

Joyce McFadden | Posted 04.03.2008 | Life

Read More: First Periods, Menstruation, Talking to Girls, Body Image, Women's Health, Mothers and Daughters, Judy Blume, Our Bodies Ourselves, Sex Education, Life News
Joyce McFadden

Because of its ordinary nature, there's an almost mundane quality to menstruation. But what interested me in the responses from women (ages 19-105) was that 65% of them wished they'd been taught about it differently.

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Abstinence is the New Feminism (And Other Things I Learned at Harvard)

Shelby Knox | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, The Education of Shelby Knox, True Love Revolution, Feminist, Abstinence, Chastity, Harvard, Feminism, Sexuality, Sex Education, Double Standard, Abstinence Only, Sex, Sexual Double Standard, Harvard Abstinance, Safe Sex, Abstinence-Only, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, True Love Waits, Politics News
Shelby Knox

The last thing anyone, male or female, needs on a college campus is a rancorous and harmful debate about the merits of sex or no sex.

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Is Unwed Motherhood Really the Problem?

Louise Sloan | Posted 03.27.2008 | Life

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Louise Sloan

Is lack of a marriage license so bad for kids that any kind of married parents are better than literally any kind of single one?

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Teen Sexual Health Crisis: What Parents Can Do

Shelby Knox | Posted 03.13.2008 | Life

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Shelby Knox

America has to get over its squeamishness about teens and sex: not talking about it for the past 20 years has proven ineffective, to say the least.

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Sex Education For Politicians

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Rev. Debra Haffner

It remains to be seen what will happen to Mr. Spitzer, although one has to wonder whether violating a law from 1910 is really grounds for resignation or prosecution.

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The Best Candidate for Choice

Frances Kissling | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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Frances Kissling

I fully expect that whichever of the two, Obama or Clinton, become president, I will be fighting with them for more on reproductive rights than either is ready to give.

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The Joy Of Sex Gets An Update: What You'll Find Inside

The Guardian (UK) | Caroline Davies | Posted 02.11.2008 | Life

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So readers will be enlightened on HRT, Viagra and on therapy for sexual problems. For the less inhibited, there are sections on how to incorporate pho...

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Why I'm Pro-life and Pro-Obama

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

If our highest aspiration is to be a consumer with no thought or care for our neighbor, we will remain a culture in which abortion is not only inevitable but logical.

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How Can the Richest Country in the World Deal With the Issue of Teen Pregnancy?

Maria Kefalas | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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Maria Kefalas

When you look at the rest of the world where teenage childbearing has become a problem of another time, it is maddening to see policymakers in the U.S. so perplexed.

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Sex Educators Fumble Another Opportunity

Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 12.31.2007 | Life

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Yvonne K. Fulbright

It was painful. Sex educators had a prime opportunity to justify why comprehensive sex education is needed in our schools... and it was missed.

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The Katrina of Public Health

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abstinence Only, AIDS Washington D.C., AIDs Epidemic, Abstinence, AIDS African Americans, Abstinence Education, D.C., Sex Education, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

An epidemic so close to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue can't help but make one wonder if federal policy, or non-policy, is at the nucleus of the AIDS health catastrophe.

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Democrats Abstain From Principles: Fund Bush Anti-Sex Education Programs at Record Level

James Wagoner | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

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James Wagoner

The Democrats' windfall was larger than what Bush had been able to obtain from the prior Republican-controlled Congress.

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Message to Congress: Just Say No

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only, Congress Abstinence, Sex Education, Politics News
Rev. Debra Haffner

Just say no to programs that don't provide full information to young people. Just say no to programs that cause young people to feel shameful or fearful of their sexuality.

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Talk to Your Kids About Sex, and Don't Leave Out the Good Stuff

Jessie Gaskell | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

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Jessie Gaskell

2007-10-29-abstinence_psa_fp.jpgPeople are talking about the discomfort of watching child actors hired by an Abstinence-Only contingent turn their dewy eyes to the camera and say things like "Tell me what you want from me."

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Sensual Fusion

Yvonne Fulbright and Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 10.26.2007 | Life

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Yvonne Fulbright and Danielle Cavallucci

It's time to address the issue and teach people that anal sex is every bit as risky as oral and other forms of sex play.

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On Providing Birth Control for Middle Schoolers

Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Maine Birth Control, Maine Condoms, Abstinence Education, Maine Middle Schoolers Birth Control, Birth Control, Sex Education, Sex Middle Schoolers, Maine, Sexually Active Teens, Stds, Politics News
Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley

Congratulations, Portland, Maine. You've admitted what so many deny: teens are sexually active, and we need to help them stay safe and make smart choices.

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