Seeing is Believing: Questions about Faith-Based Organizations Involved in HIV ... - RH Reality Check (blog)
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:00:44 GMT+00:00
RH Reality Check (blog) With rising HIV rates thanks to abstinence-only education in Africa and an apparent (and possibly related) spike in anti-gay campaigns across the ...

St. Lucie schools candidates give views on teaching abstinence - TCPalm
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:05:42 GMT+00:00
TCPalm question 1: What are the benefits and drawbacks of teaching abstinence only versus a comprehensive health education? Deborah Hawley, 50, a mental health ...

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston engaged, LeBron's dad?, Top Chef DC and more ... - Washington Post
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:56:22 GMT+00:00
Washington Post And not to out done, wondering if Bristol will invite her Abstinence Only people too?They made some neat friends while they were apart. ... Bristol Palin and Levi Johnson engaged - photo gallery FilmyFair Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are getting married Washington Examiner (blog) Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem/Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston CultureMob (blog)

Flavor added Tea Party - Charleston City Paper
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:32:09 GMT+00:00
Charleston City Paper " Abstinence-only education has worked, and it doesn't cost you a dime," he said. True, it doesn't cost the Charleston County School District any money ...

J-S Letter: Other views on effectiveness of abstinence education - Freeport Journal-Standard
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:02:44 GMT+00:00
Freeport Journal-Standard Here's how he described it: Unlike most abstinence-only programs, it counseled children to delay sex 'until they are ready' rather than until marriage, ...

'Do It For Your Country': Great American Condom Campaign, coming soon to a ... - Examiner.com
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:18:43 GMT+00:00
Examiner.com And they have spent $1.5 billion on failed abstinence-only programs which discuss condoms only in terms of failure rates. But it's not just politics as a ...

Brunswick schools prepare for expanded sex ed curriculum - StarNewsOnline.com
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:09:22 GMT+00:00
StarNewsOnline.com ... reviewed how Brunswick schools had been providing sex education on an abstinence-only basis, but state standards now require adding information in the ...

One month without sex... - Afrik-news
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:23:51 GMT+00:00
Afrik-news But as Pamela Kohler points out in a 2008 report that appeared in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education . ...

Seven Republicans vie for 2nd Congressional district seat in race to succeed ... - MLive.com
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:34:22 GMT+00:00
MLive.com The nonprofit Christian conservative organization is known for stands in favor of abstinence-only birth control, intelligent design and against legal ...

Cleveland school district seeks federal money to expand sex education program - Plain Dealer
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:04:26 GMT+00:00
Plain Dealer It's a fundamental shift from the previous " abstinence-only " focus, on which the federal government has spent over $1.5 billion since 1996. ...

Roundup: Birth Control Not Preventive Medicine - RH Reality Check (blog)
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:32:07 GMT+00:00
RH Reality Check (blog) Unfortunately, the the anti-contraceptive, pro- abstinence-only lobby is still making itself felt in Washington: activists successfully lobbied to include ...

The Culture of Sex - The Smart Set
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:37:17 GMT+00:00
The Smart Set In junior high health class, during our abstinence-only sex ed session, we were taught that if we were raped it was probably our fault, as men cannot ...

Common Ground on Abortion? Views from Under the Bus - RH Reality Check (blog)
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:23:41 GMT+00:00
RH Reality Check (blog) We got sex ed, but then we got abstinence only education, she said. We got pregnancy funds to help women have their babies, and [the right] gets upset ...

RNS: Ramadan a remedy for AIDS - MuslimMatters
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:00:43 GMT+00:00
MuslimMatters Christian churches in African nations have often pushed for abstinence-only campaigns, denouncing condom use. Whiteside, author of HIV/AIDS: A Very Short ...

Lobster Sex! Mosquito Sex! Algae Sex! - Down East
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:17:53 GMT+00:00
Down East The good news is this year, there haven't been many mosquitoes so far, which is directly attributable to the immense success of abstinence-only sex ...

Blogs Comment On Sex Education Policies, Kagan Confirmation Hearings, Other Topics - Medical News Today (press release)
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:12:36 GMT+00:00
Medical News Today (press release) The Obama administration and Congress "have ushered in a new era of sex education" by eliminating two-thirds of federal funding for abstinence-only programs ...

Study slams most TX sex ed programs - Austin News
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:16:05 GMT+00:00
Austin News Monday night the school board replaced their abstinence-only program with one that emphasizes waiting, but also includes safe sex options. ...

Levi Johnston says he lied about Palins - Toronto Star
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:21:24 GMT+00:00
Toronto Star ... light shortly after the socially conservative Palin, an advocate of abstinence-only sex education in schools, was chosen as John McCain's running mate. ...

Christian Right-Winger Worried Glenn Beck Is Taking Christian Souls to Hell - AlterNet (blog)
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:27:38 GMT+00:00
AlterNet (blog) ... even though the books' Mormon author has pumped them full of abstinence-only themes that should make anti-sex Christian crusaders pretty happy. ...

Peer to peer: When teens have questions about sex, they often ask each other - Twin Cities Planet
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:29:20 GMT+00:00
Twin Cities Planet Adolescents who received comprehensive sex education had a lower risk of pregnancy than adolescents who received abstinence-only or no sex education. ...