Sex Education
As someone who was all but completely celibate throughout high school--not at all by conscious choice--I found the lack of information among sexually active teens, and the politicization of teen sex very frustrating.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 19, 2009 - 11:00am
While the public wants a public option, and while the President-as-candidate campaigned on the promise of at least something akin to a public option, the Administration has, from day one of the health care reform process, done just about everything it could to say they are "for" a public option "kinda sorta" but "it's not the defining piece" of health reform. Huh?
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By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check September 17, 2009 - 7:00am
After dropping out of sight for several months, Marilyn Musgrave resurfaced in March at the national antiabortion political advocacy group, the Susan B. Anthony List, to run opposition campaigns against 12 pro-choice lawmakers.
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The other day, I was called a tramp on a national radio show
with 3.5 million listeners. I was not the least bit offended and only a little outraged. In truth, it was the first moment in the hour long live broadcast in which I relaxed.
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By Joe Sonka, Advocates for Youth September 8, 2009 - 8:00am
The department of Health and Human Services is running a new TV commercial that tells parents "you don't have to tell (your children) about 'the parts'... just tell (them) to wait."
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In the Caribbean, where HIV is a public health crisis, government, media, business and NGOs have responded with frank and open talk about prevention. In the U.S., by contrast,
56,000 newly diagnosed cases of HIV a year get scant notice.
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Rather than recognizing the need for sex education, India's government has responded with a deplorable decision to eliminate all sex education in schools, one that has been criticized extensively.
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By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check July 31, 2009 - 5:27pm
The New York Times examines the rise in abortions in China, of which Chinese officials blame the low-level of sex education.
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Although state legislatures are heavily focused on responding to the current economic crisis, numerous bills on reproductive health have also been the subject of debate and action.
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By Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check July 17, 2009 - 11:54am
Spending Bill Allows DC Abortion Funding; U.S. Teens Don't Get Enough Education About Contraception; Anti-abortion Protester Challenges Buffer Zone Law.
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