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When Getting Pregnant Isn't About Being a Mother

Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America on May 13, 2008 - 8:29am
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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.

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Outing the Pro-Teen Sex Agenda

Cristina Page, Birthcontrolwatch.org on May 7, 2008 - 1:23pm
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If we measured the religious right's agenda based on its results, it could be called the pro-risky-adolescent-sex-teen-mothers-and-more crowd.

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Pro-Choice Pols Shouldn't Pander on Parental Notification

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on April 30, 2008 - 9:43am
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Barack Obama's pandering on parental notification laws may never result in any legislation, but floating the idea that "even liberals" accept that it's desirable to force 12-year-olds to give birth against their will degrades the national discourse on abortion.


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Giving Our Daughters the Future They Deserve

Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA on February 15, 2008 - 9:53am
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We don't view teen pregnancy as a travesty when the teen is not American. And why not? Consider this fact: Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for girls aged 15-19 worldwide.


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Larry Liston Joins "Sluts"-Slinging Brigade

Cara DeGette on February 11, 2008 - 9:36am
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Colorado state Rep. Larry Liston isn't the only elected official in the state to dispense the epithet "slut" against teen parents -- he joins the ranks of two other El Paso County Republicans.


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Fear of a MySpace Planet

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on January 29, 2008 - 10:16am
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Arguing that the ideal amount of teen sex is zero could be the most hypocritical moral posturing imaginable in our culture. With a huge gulf between public belief and private belief on this issue, it appears we have a Big Social Lie on our hands.


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Suburban Legend

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on January 7, 2008 - 9:57am
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Does the film "Juno" suggest that teen pregnancy is not the national scourge it's made out to be? Yes, but underneath, the film is an suburban fairy tale.


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Good Girls Do

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on December 26, 2007 - 10:43am
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If women could accept that having sexual desire, and sex, was natural and right for them, then perhaps they would plan for it -- and make it safer.


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Republican Debate Features Reagan - err, Romney

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on December 12, 2007 - 4:30pm
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Republicans convened on an Iowa stage today for the first Iowa presidential debate. Did Mitt Romney really say he'd cut this administration's teen pregnancy prevention programs?

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Teen Birth Rate Rises, First Time in 15 Years

Jeff Fecke, New Journalist Fellow on December 10, 2007 - 10:12am
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Are abstinence-only programs to blame for the recent increase in teen births in the U.S.?


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