abstinence-only education
The Connection Between Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy?
"Emma" talks about her personal experiences regarding the relationship between abstinence-only education and teen pregnancy in an attempt to raise education/awarenessof this very significant relationship.
The ERA, Rick Perry's Sex Troubles, and Arizona's Anti-Choice Extremism
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
August 27, 2011 - 2:10pm (Print)
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"Your Girlfriend Is Used Tape" and Other Abstinence Lines
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
August 16, 2011 - 2:47pm (Print)
Helpful talking points from the WAIT abstinence education program in Colorado.
Grandma Sarah May Want to Rethink Her Position on Sex Education
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
July 27, 2011 - 10:45am (Print)
Sarah Palin's son Track is expecting a baby his new wife and it looks like the baby was conceived before their May wedding. With two children experiencing pregnancies outside of marriage and three children at home, maybe it's time for the Palin's to rethink sex education.
Let's Try This One More Time: Bill to Eliminate Ab-Only Funding Introduced (Again)
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
March 16, 2011 - 8:31am (Print)
Legislation introduced this week would kill Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage funding originally allowed to expire in 2009 only to be resurrected in health reform legislation.
On the Pill's 50th Birthday, We're Still Fighting for Sex Ed
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
April 27, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)
Why, in a world of countless birth control pills, the ring, the patch, implants, and condoms for women and men, do people still get pregnant unintentionally? Because there are a lot of people rooting against them.
What sex ed do you recommend when a teen's had, well, nothing?
reader diary by Erica Sackin, Planned Parenthood of New York City
July 8, 2009 - 1:02pm (Print)
How do you answer the questions of a 14-year-old who's had her period for a year but still doesn't know where it comes from? And where can you send a teen who's only sex ed has come from her private Christian school?
Male Birth Control: Closer Than We Thought?
by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check
May 6, 2009 - 1:31pm (Print)
A male birth control product comes closer to approval for use in the United States.
We'd Like a Refund on Those Purity Rings
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
February 12, 2010 - 10:57am (Print)
Roundup: I've Got a Lot of Learning to Do
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
February 11, 2010 - 8:56am (Print)
