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Let's Try This One More Time: Bill to Eliminate Ab-Only Funding Introduced (Again)

by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check

March 16, 2011 - 8:31am (Print)

Legislation introduced this week would kill Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage funding originally allowed to expire in 2009 only to be resurrected in health reform legislation.

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Repro Rights Roundup: Afternoon-Style

by Amie Newman

November 16, 2010 - 6:58pm (Print)

William Saletan provides some "lessons for the pro-life crowd"; the FDA gets sued over emergency contraception; Rep. Steve Driehaus drops his complaint against the anti-choice Susan B. Anthony List and more.

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My Wish List For Latin@ Pregnancy Prevention Month

by Bianca I. Laureano, LatinoSexuality.com

May 5, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

A wish list for National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month and the National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy specifically for providers working with Latin@ youth.

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Illinois Teen Abortion Law Delayed for at Least a Day

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 3, 2009 - 1:12pm (Print)

The Chicago Tribune reports today that enforcement of Illinois' parental consent law has been delayed until a meeting this Wednesday of the medical disciplinary board for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation meets.

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Comprehensive Sex Ed for the Comprehensively Celibate

by KMPatwardhan

November 2, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

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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The Toll of Foster Care

by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

September 23, 2009 - 10:37am (Print)

Carrying the burden of childhood abuse and neglect, these girls and women present a greater, specific challenge to those who work to prevent teen pregnancy.

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Advocates Urge White House, Congress To Broaden Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

June 29, 2009 - 10:23am (Print)

Over 175 state and national organizations are pressing the Obama White House and Congress to replace silo-ed sex ed programs with truly comprehensive efforts to reduce teen pregnancy and infection.

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Get Real! The Luck (or Not) of the Draw

by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

June 19, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Using withdrawal may have sometimes protected you, but you've been lucky -- and at risk for a sexually transmitted infection.

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Failure to Launch: Obama's New Teen Initiative Can Be Fixed, and Here's How

by William Smith and James Wagoner, SIECUS and Advocates for Youth

June 17, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Preventing teen pregnancy is incredibly important. But unintended pregnancy among teens is not the only sexual and reproductive health issue facing our nation's youth.

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Bravo, President Obama

by Sarah Brown, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

May 18, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

President Obama's budget contains the first-ever significant funding for preventing teen pregnancy prevention that is not dedicated to abstinence-only interventions.

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