New York
Debate Of NYC Schools' Sex Education Curriculum
On October 26, 2011, Andrea Miller, President of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, appeared on NY1's "Inside City Hall" to defend the importance of comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education, which will be taught on a standardized, universal basis across New York City public middle and high schools starting in January, 2012. Miller's opponent was Michael Benjamin of the Chiaroscuro Foundation's NYC Parent's Choice Coalition, a conservative group that opposes comprehensive sex education.
New York's Universal Comprehensive Sex Ed Mandate: The Radical Notion Our Kids Might Learn Facts
by Andrea Miller, NARAL Pro-Choice New York/NIRH
October 26, 2011 - 8:16am (Print)
For decades, students’ likelihood of receiving sex ed in NYC public schools has come down to the luck of the draw. New York City’s universal standard for sex education, announced in August, seeks to put an end to the loose patchwork of programs across the city. But the usual suspects are using fear-mongering and falsehoods to push their agenda of ignorance.
Elected Officials Speak Out Against NYC's Sex Ed Mandate
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
October 25, 2011 - 4:24pm (Print)
Calling the program "graphic and explicit," three local politicians spoke out yesterday against the city's sex ed mandate at a protest rally (or maybe it was just a press conference) in Brooklyn.
Spewing Misinformation and Ideology, A New York Times Op-Ed Spreads Unfounded Fears About Sex Ed
October 19, 2011 - 7:52pm (Print)
An op-ed in today’s New York Times preys on parents fears about sex ed but a closer look shows that it is not as much about sexuality education as it is an overt example of how far the socially conservative agenda is pervading all aspects of our culture.
NY GOP Senators Block Creation of State Insurance Exchanges
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 12, 2011 - 12:39pm (Print)
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As the New York Times reports today, Republican lawmakers in New York, who see it as their "mission" to block heath reform, have blocked the state from applying for large amounts of federal assistance to create health insurance exchanges, which are mandatory under the law.
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New York Anti-Choice Group Decries Abortion Rate While Opposing Sex Ed and Family Planning
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 9, 2011 - 1:32pm (Print)
A right-wing group affiliated with the Catholic Church hierarchy is advocating against New York City Mayor Bloomberg's new sex-ed mandate while also opposing access to family planning services and decrying the city's abortion rate.
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How HIV-Positive Women Drove a Grassroots Campaign for NYC's Sex-Ed Mandate
by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project
August 12, 2011 - 6:36am (Print)
Earlier this week, New York City announced that all public middle and high schools must provide a semester of sex education in 6th or 7th grade, and again in 9th or 10th grade. HIV-positive women worked for several years to make this happen.
New York City Mandates Comprehensive Sex Education in Public Schools
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
August 10, 2011 - 11:46am (Print)
New York City takes steps to protect students by mandating that public schools offer comprehensive sex education.
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Archbishop of New York Compares Marriage Equality Law to China's One-Child Policy and Other "Communiques"
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
June 21, 2011 - 3:46pm (Print)
I am always struck by how those who seek and work actively to limit the rights and freedoms of groups of people based on race, class, sex, gender or sexual orientation somehow always see themselves as the victims.
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New York Proposes Teaching About "Safe Haven" Laws In School
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 26, 2011 - 4:05pm (Print)
Recent actions involving harm to babies of teen moms has the health department moving for more education on how to give over an unwanted child.
