-
Poll Shows DC Parents Strongly Support Comprehensive Sex Education in Schools
A recent, citywide survey found that parents in the District of Columbia overwhelmingly support providing students with comprehensive…
-
SIECUS Releases New Reviews of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Curricula
As part of its Sixth Annual “Back to School” briefing, held October 14, 2008, the Sexuality Information and…
-
Ohio Coalition Pushes for Comprehensive Sex Education
The Coalition for Family Health in Ohio released a study, Report on the Costs of Teen Pregnancy in…
-
Victoria, Australia Upper House OKs Bill to Legalize Abortions, May Get Lawsuit
Steven Ertelt, LifeNews The upper house of the Victoria state parliament has approved a bill to officially legalize…
-
SIECUS Releases 2008 PEPFAR Country Profile Updates
For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Malone September 30, 2008 pmalone@siecus.org SIECUS Releases 2008 PEPFAR Country Profile Updates…
-
Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program Suspended After Complaint from a Parent
Daytona Beach, FL The abstinence-only-until-marriage program, Pure Energy, used for years in Volusia County public schools has…
-
Plan for School-based Health Clinic Offering Reproductive Health Services Derailed
Hopkins, MN A proposed school-based health clinic at Hopkins High School would have been the first suburban…
-
New Study Finds HIV Risk Among Sexual-Minority Young Women
Source: Carol Goodenow, Laura A. Szalacha, Leah E. Robin, and Kim Westheimer, “Dimensions of Sexual Orientation and HIV-Related…
-
HHS Proposed Regulations Threaten Reproductive Health Rights
On August 21, 2008 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations that it…
-
Landmark Decision by Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Law
The Supreme Court of Mexico upheld Mexico City’s abortion law with an overwhelming majority vote of 8–3 on…
-
Media Spotlight on Teen Pregnancy and Sexuality Education
The issue of teen pregnancy was brought to the forefront early in September with the revelation that the…
-
ACF Pushes Failed Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program in Native American Communities
On September 5, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced that the Family and Youth Services Bureau…
