California Teen Birth Rate Falls to Record Low, Officials Credit Comprehensive Sex Education as a Factor
On February 22, 2010, the California Department of Public Health announced that…
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SIECUS 2009 Annual Report: Now Available!
What a great year. SIECUS accomplished more on the policy, education, and…
Read the Winter/Spring 2010 Issue of SIECUS Developments!
SIECUS Developments is the semiannual newsletter of SIECUS. Since 1964, SIECUS has…
Abortion Referral from a Seattle School-Based Health Center Upsets Mother
Seattle, WA The mother of a Ballard High School student in…
President Releases Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request
On February 1, 2010, President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2011 budget…
Obama Administration Announces New Members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
On February 2, 2010, the day of its first meeting, Health and…
New Abstinence Program Shows Some Results, Shortcomings
Source: John B. Jemmott III, PhD; Loretta S. Jemmott, PhD, RN;…
Mississippi Sex Education Bill: New Strategy to Address the States Poor Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Maintains Ineffective Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Approach
On February 9, 2010 the Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill…
Congress Introduces the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010
In response to a widespread international prevalence of violence against women and…
Kentucky House Bill Calls for a More Comprehensive Approach to Sex Education
On February 4, 2010, comprehensive sex education advocates in Kentucky rallied at…
New Abstinence-Only Program Demonstrates Success; Does Not Impact Overwhelming Evidence Proving Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Ineffective
On February 1, 2010, a study was published in the Archives of…
Obama Administration Takes Steps to End Dont Ask, Dont Tell
During his campaign, President Barack Obama promised his lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,…