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The Politics of HIV/AIDS Prevention 2008: Presidential Candidates Provide Views on Sex Education, Needle Exchange, National AIDS Plan, PEPFAR
This is the third article in SIECUS’ continuing series uncovering the presidential candidates’ views on topics related to…
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Virginia Rejects Title V Federal Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funds
n October 2007, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine released the commonwealth’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget, which included a statement…
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District of Columbia Releases Startling AIDS Statistics; Adopts Comprehensive Sexuality Education Standards
On Monday, November 26 the District of Columbia released the first comprehensive statistics on the prevalence of HIV…
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Recent California Legislation Supports Sex Ed
On October 13, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law AB 629, the Sexual Health Education Accountability…
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Fiscal Year 2008 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Moves Through Congress;President Vetoes Bill that Includes $28 Million Increase for CBAE
On October 23, 2007, the Senate passed its version of the Fiscal Year 2008 Labor, Health and Human…
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SIECUS Applauds Colorado’s Refusal of Title V Funding
New York, NY – Last week, Colorado became the 13th state to withdraw from the federal abstinence-only-until-marriage block…
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Community Objects to Mention of Oral Sex with Middle Schoolers
Elmbrook, WI Parents and school board officials in Elmbrook, Wisconsin recently protested the inclusion of oral sex as…
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School District Votes to Ban Video Showing Diverse Families
Marlton, NJ The Evesham Township School District board has voted 7–1 to stop using a film showing diverse…
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National HIV Organizations Call on Presidential Candidates to Address HIV/AIDS Issues
"AIDS in America" effort to renew attention to domestic HIV/AIDS October 15, 2007 Washington DC — The leaders…
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Birth Control Critic and Former Director of Family Research Council Appointed to Oversee Title X Family Planning Program
Family planning advocates are denouncing the recent appointment of Dr. Susan Orr as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for…
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UN Releases New Financial Resources Report for HIV/AIDS
On September 26, UNAIDS released a report, entitled Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV, Prevention,…
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International Human Rights Case Targets Teen STAR Program in Croatia
On October 10, 2007 the first international legal challenge to an abstinence-until-marriage program was filed with the European…
