young people

Young People and Comprehensive Sex Education: Moving Beyond Scare Tactics and Fear Mongering in 2012

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by Andrew Jenkins, OutServe

January 3, 2012 - 12:09am (Print)

Growing up in the United States is like playing a foucauldian game of discipline and punish. Disciplined by a morally bankrupt narrative about sex and sexuality and then punished for daring to question it.

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Young People: The Most Powerful and Untapped Resource in the Battle for Reproductive Justice

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by Andrew Jenkins, OutServe

December 18, 2011 - 3:57pm (Print)

With the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade a little over a month away, and the 2012 election right around the corner, I can’t help but think about the popularly speculated relationship between abortion rights and young people.

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Getting to Zero: Young People Mobilizing to End the Spread of HIV

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by Jaevion Nakasone Nelson

June 14, 2011 - 9:16am (Print)

The involvement of women and girls, sex workers, persons who use drugs, men who have sex with men (MSM), and young people is crucial to the achieving the goal of zero new HIV infections by 2015.

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Get Real! Am I Stupid for Loving a Guy Who Only Wants Sex?

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

January 27, 2011 - 5:15pm (Print)

You can have conflicting feelings about someone but loving and being loved is about honoring and celebrating who we are and what we want.

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STOKING FIRE: Sing Out for Abortion Rights

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by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check

January 10, 2011 - 11:19pm (Print)

Simplistic Christian pop helps recruit tweens and teens to the anti-choice movement. But with maturity people see shades of gray, a developmental reality anti-choice youth-recruitment efforts can't ameliorate.

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My Mom: The Undercover Reproductive Justice Activist

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by jaz

May 7, 2010 - 8:00am (Print)

My mom prepared me to make good decisions for myself and my body.  I’m sure she had no idea at the time that she was fostering at a reproductive justice advocate.  But I thank her for it.

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The "Hocus Pocus" of Pregnancy and STI Prevention

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by Amie Newman

March 4, 2010 - 3:06pm (Print)

A new report reveals that young adults are relying on magical thinking and misperceptions about contraception to the detriment of their well-being.

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Bait and Hitch: Abstinence-Only Programs Use Sex to Push Marriage

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by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check

August 18, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

The real goal of abstinence-only programs is not to prevent teen pregnancies or STDs and or even to prevent premarital sex - it's to make sure that all people get married.
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Survey Studies Sexual Health of Bogota's Young People

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by Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

February 11, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

A survey of youth in Bogota found most are making autonomous, independent decisions about their sexual lives.
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After 36 years, Will Maine Back Out Now?

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by Micah Steffes, RH Reality Check

February 10, 2009 - 6:24am (Print)

Say this ten times fast: An Act to Protect the Safety of Maine Children by Requiring the Express Consent of Legal Guardian to Dispense Prescription Medication to a Minor.

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