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Get Real! How Do I Tell My Boyfriend I Don't Think He's Ready for Sex Yet?

By Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

October 20, 2009 - 6:00am

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People are too often not as concerned as they should be about a partner's readiness for sex, often assuming males are "always ready." This pervasive double standard hurts both men and women.

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All the Help I Can Get: Thoughts on Brain Development, Dinner, and Let’s Talk Month

Reader diary posted by PlannedParenthoodAdvocate, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund

October 19, 2009 - 2:14pm

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This month, October, is Let’s Talk Month, during which we at Planned
Parenthood focus on helping families to make stronger connections and
to talk honestly and openly about sexual health and relationships.


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Ab-Only Programs: What Part of "They Don't Work" Is Hard to Understand?

By Julia Kaye, National Women's Law Center

October 1, 2009 - 6:00am

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Over 80 percent of ab-only curricula provides misleading, medically inaccurate information about contraception and sex, yet the Senate finance committee voted to fund these programs. What part of "they don't work" is hard to understand?

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German AIDS Campaign Uses Hitler in Misguided Effort

By Shawn Syms

September 29, 2009 - 6:00am

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An AIDS campaign in Germany equates AIDS with mass-murder. But it is a health condition caused by an untreated viral infection and can be prevented through real information and education, not scare tactics.

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Regional Groups Find Allies in New Places

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

September 26, 2009 - 8:02am

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While ultra-conservatives attempt to derail health reform with intellectually dishonest charges of taxpayer-funded abortion, state and local pro-choice advocates seek more centrist issues to attract allies to the greater cause.

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Roundup: Tiller Murder Suspect's Hearing

By Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check

July 27, 2009 - 10:52am

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Tiller Murder Suspect's Hearing; Sex Educaiton Online;
Family Guy Abortion Episode

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Accountability and Reproductive Health in Cambodia

By Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia

July 22, 2009 - 7:00am

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NGO reports indicate that Cambodia, like many other countries, is falling short on its commitments to universal access to reproductive health services.

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Our Little Wizards Are All Grown Up

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

July 21, 2009 - 7:00am

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Sex enters the Harry Potter universe, and the muggles are freaking out.

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Can We Talk About Sex Positively?

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

July 20, 2009 - 7:00am

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Most people experience sex in positive terms. But much of sex education employs the "disease, disaster, dysfunction" language for sex education. Incorporating pleasure and fun will serve us better than focusing only on the negative.

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