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What Does "Abstinence" Mean To You?

Lorraine Kenny on December 1, 2008 - 8:00am
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What is the likelihood we're going to win this battle to get real information about sexual health into teenagers' hands if we continue to mimic our opponents' language about abstinence?

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Roundup: Obama's Promise to "Pro-Lifers"

Brady Swenson on November 14, 2008 - 11:55am
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E.J Dionne says Obama should make good on his promise to seek middle ground on abortion; Obama should end federal funding of abstinece-only and fund comprehensive sex ed; Philippine reproductive health bill sparks battle with Catholic Church; Gardasil can prevent genital warts in males.

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

Scott Swenson on November 4, 2008 - 11:55pm
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President-elect Obama envisions a society that allows Americans to move past the division that has defined a generation of the most bitter politics, division that brought our government to a stalemate.

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Turning the Page on Sexuality Education

Joseph DiNorcia Jr on November 3, 2008 - 8:00am
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After years of our children being subject to dangerous abstinence-only programs, we are finally at a place where parents, educators, and policymakers want something different. But will the new sex education be "disaster prevention" only?

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Saying Goodbye to Ab-Only? Don't Forget to Say Hello to Comprehensive Sex Ed

Amanda Marcotte on October 29, 2008 - 8:00am
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In a new administration, the real danger might not be that abstinence-only continues, but that it fails and nothing comprehensive replaces it.

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Palin Tells People Mag: Students Should Learn About "Preventive Measures" in Sex Ed

Emily Douglas on October 23, 2008 - 10:38am
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"We have not been ones to say that students should not know what preventive measures are all about," says Sarah Palin. Abstinence or contraception? "Both," she says.

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VIDEO: Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque

Emily Douglas on October 21, 2008 - 9:30am
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What is a faith-based crisis pregnancy center doing teaching abstinence-only in a public school? That's what Susan Rodriguez wondered, when her daughter Sarah told her what she had learned in a five-day "health" course.

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VIDEO: Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque

Emily Douglas on October 21, 2008 - 9:29am
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What is a faith-based crisis pregnancy center doing teaching abstinence-only in a public school? That's what Susan Rodriguez wondered, when her daughter Sarah told her what she had learned in a five-day "health" course.

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Debate Analysis: Objective Indicators Suggest Education, Prevention, Pro-Choice Values Win

Scott Swenson on October 16, 2008 - 3:21pm
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Will social conservative family values save the McCain campaign, or be repudiated in the final battle of the Culture War? If objective dial tests, focus groups and polls are any indication, it seems progressive values will define the Culture Peace.

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VIDEO Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

Scott Swenson on October 11, 2008 - 11:46am
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Americans can see anti-choice extremism on full display in McCain-Palin rallies. Given Palin's "abuse of power" and McCain distancing himself from the Culture of Lies rabid anti-choicers have created, perhaps McCain has a little maverick left in him.

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