Sexuality education
Lizz Winstead, Dan Savage, and the Red State Cases
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
May 7, 2012 - 11:10am (Print)
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Family Makes Millions Taking in Federal Funds for Failed Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 4, 2012 - 4:30pm (Print)
During the Bush Administration, the official Hey Day of the abstinence-only-until-marriage industry, Heritage Community Services, a South Carolina organization thrived on $12 million of federal funding. Now, with the Obama administration placing its curriculum on the list of evidence-based programs, its poised to do so again.
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Ideological Crisis Pregnancy Centers Receiving Hundreds of Thousands in Federal Funding
by Sofia Resnick, The American Independent
May 4, 2012 - 4:01pm (Print)
Federally funded crisis pregnancy centers bring mazes, game shows, and questionable health information to teens.
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Marriage Promotion for Eighth Graders: Even Among Abstinence-Only Programs, Heritage Keepers Stands Out
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 2, 2012 - 10:10pm (Print)
A closer look at Heritage Keepers. This ridiculous program that was just given the Obama administration's seal of approval is clearly designed to promote marriage rather than educate young people or prevent pregnancy for that matter.
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Young and Restless at the United Nations, Youth Fight For Their Rights
by Jessica Mack
May 1, 2012 - 4:18pm (Print)
It was a youth takeover at the United Nations last week, for the 45th annual Commission on Population and Development, a global meeting to examine whether and how we are protecting the sexual rights and health of our youngest generation.
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He-Men, Virginity Pledges, and Bridal Dreams: Obama Administration Quietly Endorses Dangerous Ab-Only Curriculum
by Debra Hauser, Advocates for Youth
and Monica Rodriguez, Sexuality Information & Education Council of the US (SIECUS)
and Elizabeth Schroeder, Answer (at Rutgers University)
May 1, 2012 - 9:20am (Print)
Thirty years of public health science clearly demonstrates that providing young people with information about the health benefits of both abstinence and contraception and condoms, does not cause young people to initiate sex earlier or have sex more often. Abstinence-only-until marriage programs leave young people unprepared. They are unethical.
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NYC Condom Campaign: Get Some!
The NYC Condom Campaign upgraded its look in 2007, releasing the hot new subway-esque wrappers on Valentine's Day of that year. These commercials came out throughout 2008 (see also the reggaeton & jazz versions). In the face of NYC's use of condoms as criminal evidence against presumed prostitution, it is especially important to re-emphasize their importance to public health.
The Centers for Disease Control's New Priorities for STD Prevention
by Gail Bolan, Director, Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Program
April 28, 2012 - 11:29am (Print)
The Centers for Disease Control recently established four priorities for STD prevention: Protecting the future health of adolescents and young people; protecting men who have sex with men; raising awareness about multi-drug resistant gonorrhea; and eliminating congenital syphilis.
Dispatches From CPD 2012: Can I Get an Evidence-Base in Here?!
What the opposition's arguments lack is one or a combination of the following: an evidence-base, a rational argument, an understanding of biomedical theories including pathology and pharmacology, an appreciation of normal emotional reactions and the social determinants of the individual identity, amongst others.
The Case for Increased Funding for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections
by Stephanie S. Arnold Pang, National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)
April 26, 2012 - 8:02am (Print)
Sexually transmitted infections cost the U.S. health care system $17 billion every year — and that number doesn’t even take into account the amount STDs cost to individuals in short-term and long-term consequences. We need more funding to prevent and treat these infections.
