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Tennessee Senate Passes Dont Say Gay Bill
Legislation sponsored by Tennessee senator Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) and recently passed in the state Senate would ban discussion…
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Recent Recommitment to AIDS Response Culminates at High Level Meeting
Over the past nine months, global leaders and policy makers have evaluated and renewed their commitment to fighting…
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House Republicans Attack the Personal Responsibility Education Program
Following their unsuccessful attempt to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111–148), commonly referred to…
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Studies Highlight the Fiscal Burden of Unintended Pregnancy on Nations Taxpayers
For the first time ever, studies revealed estimates of the public financial cost of unintended pregnancy in the…
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Comprehensive Sex Education Bill Passes Illinois Senate
A comprehensive sex education bill, HB 3027, passed the Illinois state senate on May 25, 2011, by a…
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World Parliamentarians Call on Governments of Leading Economies to Invest in Women and Girls
A group of some 60 parliamentarians, representing 35 countries and every continent, publicly declared the need for a…
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Anti-Bullying Legislation Introduced in D.C.
This month, the District of Columbia will consider a bill introduced by Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. titled the…
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Eleventh-Hour Deal on Federal Budget Avoids Government Shutdown
Mere hours before an impending shutdown of the federal government, congressional leaders and White House officials brokered a…
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D.C. Abortion Ban Reinstated to Avoid Government Shutdown
In the recent eleventh-hour agreement on the budget for fiscal year 2011, the White House and Congress included…
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North Dakota Legislature Reaches Compromise on Guidelines for Teaching Abstinence
Three weeks before the end of its legislative session, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly reached a compromise on…
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Nevada Comprehensive Sex Education Bill Exempted from Consideration Due to States Fiscal Deficit
A bill introduced in the Nevada Assembly on April 1, 2011, would have required public schools to teach…
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Comprehensive Sex Education Program Launched for British Scouts
In April 2011, the Scouts Association in London will be adding a sex education class to its more…
