abstinence-only sex education
Wisconsin Set to Overturn Healthy Youth Act in Favor of Abstinence-Only Programming
by Andy Kopsa
February 8, 2012 - 4:04pm (Print)
The change would effectively open the floodgates for abstinence only programs to implement curricula in Wisconsin if a school board so chooses.
Another Anti-Choice Hypocrisy: Freedom of Speech and Sex Education On Our Terms or Not At All
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
August 19, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
Why do same people who condemn sex education in elementary schools also tend to support anti-choice displays in those same classrooms?
(VIDEO) Real Sex Ed: Is the Obama Administration Just Playing Games?
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
August 3, 2010 - 8:00am (Print)
The National Institutes of Health pays for a $434,000 video game in which kids "score" by not kissing boys, money that could have been far better spent on real sex ed.
Opening New Horizons on Faith-Based Sex Education
reader diary by Reverend Rebecca Turner, Faith Aloud
July 2, 2010 - 9:28am (Print)
Can religious groups offer quality sex ed programming?
Roundup: Abstinence-Motivational Speaker Shuts Down Sex Ed Class in Nashville
April 14, 2010 - 11:08am (Print)
One parent makes a complaint about a Nashville school's voluntary sex education class which leads to it being shut down. One detail: the parent just happens to be an a motivational speaker on abstinence.
When Teenagers Seek Abortion Care the Myths Are Exposed
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
March 30, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
Abortion is a safe, legal medical procedure, and there is no reason for school health centers not to refer patients to providers if those patients want it.
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Limit "abstinence only" programs to the U.S. Senate
reader diary by johnrussonello
October 14, 2009 - 9:39am (Print)
With little debate and even less reasoning the Senate Finance Committee recently included in its health care legislation 50 million dollars for
teaching abstinence only sex education classes in schools.
Vampires For Sexiness, Lady Parts For Scariness
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
September 13, 2009 - 10:01pm (Print)
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Oregon Reaches for the STARS
In her reader diary, Leah627 writes about the Oregon program STARS, a peer-led abstinence curriculum which teaches middle school students that "Students Today Aren’t Ready for Sex."
