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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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The Never-Ending Juggling Act

Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check on April 7, 2008 - 9:44am
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Young mothers who struggle to stay in school need more support and resources to continue their education.


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Facts Have No Place in Ab-Only

Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check on March 24, 2008 - 9:44am
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On the front lines healthcare providers and volunteers meet young women who learn prevention post-infection, who explore contraceptive options after a pregnancy and who are growing up in a culture where sophisticated media outlets sell sex as power.


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Teen Moms and False Intimations of Tragedy

Hugo Schwyzer on November 26, 2007 - 10:09am
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While Will Okun — and a lot of other well-meaning folks — see young motherhood as “tragic” and “irresponsible,” for working-class teenage mothers it is often a considerable accomplishment.


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A New Reproductive Rights Discourse

Malika Sadaa Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights on October 29, 2007 - 8:03am
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A new reproductive health movement must include language about mothering with dignity. For vulnerable mothers, mothering with dignity means opportunities to heal from sexual violence, child welfare practices, education, and alternative sentencing to maternal incarceration and sentencing reform.


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Beyond Problems and Prevention Strategies

Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on October 16, 2007 - 8:17am
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In this two-part series, Andrea Lynch looks at the closure of the New York City Department of Education's "P schools" - educational programs for pregnant and parenting students - and the new ways that local grassroots groups conceive of teen parenting.


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