Alabama posts staggeringly high rates of teen births, STD cases, and new HIV infections. With money surging into Alabama to support abstinence-only programs, and health outcomes so negative, something doesn't add up.
Molly Tafoya, Choice USA on January 9, 2008 - 10:02am
My problem with the sex education I received had little to do with content, which was fairly comprehensive, and more to do with the delivery. Sex was presented as something shameful and embarrassing, more of an awkward chore than an essential component of a young person's education.
Jessica Haro, Choice USA on January 9, 2008 - 10:02am
Though I was the recipient of a helpful and informative sexuality education program, the abstinence-only elements of the curriculum were misleading and regressive.
As a sexuality education teacher, I imagine a time when every single American student will get comprehensive and accurate sexual health education. But I'm a realist. I know that even with the comprehensive sexual education we are so desperately fighting to implement, there may still be problems.
Marcela Howell, Advocates for Youth on January 7, 2008 - 11:30am
Like most progressive activists, I viewed the results of the November 7, 2006 election with joy. Finally the issue of comprehensive sex education would be under the control of elected officials whom I trusted. Well, guess what? Nothing changed.
Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on September 27, 2007 - 8:00am
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Reducing maternal deaths from unsafe abortion is one of the most straight-forward public health problems to remedy. But this can never be fully realized unless governments start including abortion in realistic approaches to protecting women's health.
Heather Corinna brings Scarleteen's popular sexual health advice column to RH Reality Check! This week, Heather talks to a young woman who doesn't like being a girl.
Conservative activists are gearing up to enact state laws to restrict abortion. Colorado is once again serving as a political incubator in yet another attempt to chip away at Roe v. Wade, this time in the form of an amendment stating that life begins at conception.
Pregnancies, both planned and unplanned, happen to trans folks, too. It is imperative for reproductive health care providers to seek appropriate education and training in order to be able to provide comprehensive care to these patients.
Given the alarmingly sexist and racist undercurrents rearing their heads in this presidential election, it's not illogical to look at "Iron Man" and see a reflection, and perpetuation, of prejudices that just won't die.
The Minnesota House last Wednesday passed a bill that would allow the University of Minnesota to use state funds to conduct research using embryonic stem cells. The measure prompted a flurry of amendments by anti-choice Republicans designed to derail the bill.
Last week, nearly 80 conservative groups led by the Family Research Council asked President Bush to strip family planning clinics of their eligibility for Title X funds if they refer patients for abortions or share facilities with abortion providers -- which would bring the global gag rule home.
In Colombia, young women may be getting pregnant intentionally -- but not necessarily because they want to become mothers. Sexuality education advocates differ on how best to tailor a pregnancy prevention and sexual health curriculum to reach Colombian teens.
On May 26, the Wanderlust reproductive justice bicycle caravan will set off on an 1800 mile journey from New Orleans to New York City, meeting with and learning from reproductive justice activists along the way.
In honor of the Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception (EC) Campaign, Pharmacy Access Partnership and RH Reality Check teamed up to launch an essay contest open to young people 14-24 years of age. Read the winning entry!
Have Safe Haven laws -- in which women can lawfully relinquish their infants within 30 days of birth -- become a substitute for universal health care and comprehensive sexuality education?
Illinois's reproductive justice advocates are backing one of the most comprehensive reproductive health bills the state has ever seen. And they're bringing in new allies for the fight.
Oregon Right to Life calls on anti-choice candidate who paid for girlfriend's abortion two years ago to quit race. But they sat on the story for two years.
The Family Research Council is petitioning our government to severely restrict federal funds for our contraception and family planning program - a program that is headed by one of their own.
