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Roundup: Reusing Condoms in Rural Kenya
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
March 29, 2011 - 9:55am (Print)
Reusing condoms due to lack of availability in Kenya, Governor McDonnell signs TRAP law in Virginia, North Dakota pushes abstinence-until-marriage, and looking at discrimination of transgendered persons.
Afternoon Roundup: Iowa's Egg-as-Person Bill Would Mean Women-as-Murderers
by Amie Newman
February 14, 2011 - 7:25pm (Print)
Iowa's personhood bill has passed the House; President Obama's FY 2012 budget and women's and girls' health; a new kind of HIV vaccine; and Mississippi midwifery!
Afternoon Roundup: HIV and AIDS Stigma According to Margaret Cho...and From the Mouth of Rep. Larry Brown
by Amie Newman
January 13, 2011 - 7:27pm (Print)
Margaret Cho on the stigma associated with HIV and AIDS; Mississippi is in need of some serious comprehensive sex-ed; and Texas still criminalizes homosexuality?
More Abstinence Only Sex Ed Leads to More Teen Pregnancies
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
October 21, 2010 - 11:47am (Print)
Still waiting for emperical evidence that comprehensive sex ed reduces teen pregnancy? Here you go.
Teen Sex Doesn't Mean Bad Grades, Says New Study
by Amie Newman
August 16, 2010 - 4:29pm (Print)
A new study concludes that teens who have sex in committed relationships are not suffering the fire-and-brimstone the religious right claim will befall young people who are sexually active. It's the importance of the relationship that matters; not the sexual activity.
Guns and Genitals: Sex-Ed Montana Style
Many of the same states that resist comprehensive sex ed also have loose laws for gun ownership. Gun-rights advocates maintain that straight-forward education is the best way to keep kids safe. So why do we treat sex ed differently?
No News on Teen Sex (But Only Because We’re Asking the Wrong Questions)
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
June 11, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
It’s time to stop looking at the share of teens who've had sex as an indicator that needs to go down every year and accept that about half of all teens aren’t going to have sex and half are.
Of The Catholic Church, Censorship and High-School Sex
What, if any, responsibility does the Catholic Church have to adapt to the realities of a contemporary society when it comes to sex-ed and contraception, especially when the health and potentially life of students are at risk?
Pre-Packaging Gender Roles: Abstinence-Only Programs Perpetuate Dangerous Stereotypes
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
November 5, 2009 - 10:20am (Print)
PEPFAR: Are Abstinence Requirements Really Gone?
