National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day
In her own roundabout way, Bristol Palin is voicing the core message of comprehensive sex ed: there’s no better protection against pregnancy and disease than abstinence, but teens those that are having sex need to use to protection.
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When any person is really ready for partnered sex that poses STI and/or pregnancy risks, they also have to be really ready to deal with safer sex and birth control.
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The message "teen ambassador" Bristol Palin seems to have been asked to deliver is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst.
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A glittery panel discussion about teen pregnancy prevention shames teens who parent, treats girls as sexual gate-keepers and ignores dating violence and sexual coercion.
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President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, if you have to throw a bone to the right wing, let it not be the bones of the youth who elected you. We just want the facts that can save our lives.
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By Forrest Alton, South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy May 6, 2009 - 8:00am
There are few investment opportunities, especially in the current time, that guarantee a return. An investment in young people and teen pregnancy prevention can do exactly that.
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By Lori Casillas, Colorado Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention May 6, 2009 - 8:00am
Policy change realized in Colorado's sex education law is due in large part to the efforts of grassroots communities demanding safety nets for our youth and communities.
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By Sarah Brown, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy May 6, 2009 - 8:00am
Why are we seeing an uptick in teen pregnancy and teen births after years of decline? More sex and less contraception, the policy wars of the past 8 years and the failure to fund effective programs are among the reasons behind this reversal in trends.
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Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth - in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.
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