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Senate Finance Committee Votes to Fund Comprehensive Sex Education; Restore Failed Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding
On September 29, 2009 the Senate Finance Committee approved two amendments to the health care reform bill—one creating…
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Rising Teen Pregnancy Rates Steer Texas School Districts away from Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage
Some Texas school districts are transitioning from an abstinence-only-until-marriage approach to more comprehensive sex education programs in response…
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FDA Approves HPV Vaccine to Prevent Genital Warts in Boys and Young Men
On October 16, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the vaccine Gardasil to help prevent genital…
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SIECUS on the Radio
As part of our efforts to educate the public, parents, teachers, and policy makers, SIECUS experts regularly appear…
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Every Answer You Will Ever Need!
Dear Friend: Are you a parent? An aunt or uncle? A grandparent? Or a family friend? …
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Female Student Denied a Place in Yearbook for Donning a Tuxedo in Senior Photo
Wesson, MS The principal of a Copiah County high school has refused to publish the senior photograph…
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SIECUS Presents New Curricula Reviews!
As part of our Community Advocacy Project, SIECUS reviews and analyzes the content of the most widely used…
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Fathers Complaint over Book Leads to Temporary Removal from School Library in Virginia
Roanoke, VA A Virginia father filed a complaint with William Byrd High School administrators in October concerning a…
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Body Image and Weight Associated with Sexual Behavior in Adolescent Girls
Source: Aletha Yvette Akers, et al., “Exploring the Relationship Among Weight, Race, and Sexual Behaviors Among Girls,”…
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Dueling Amendments on Sex Education Pass Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee Votes to Fund Comprehensive Sex Education Failed Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding Also Restored …
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Religious States and High Teen Birth Rates: Researchers Uncover a Strong Correlation
Source: Joseph M. Strayhorn and Jillian C. Strayhorn, “Religiosity and Teen Birth Rate in the United States,” Reproductive…
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CDC Weighs Consideration of Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Tool
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering whether or not to recommend male circumcision as…
