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Search results for "abstinence education" ...
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Una Realidad Embarazosa: A Shameful Reality
The story addresses the realities of teenage pregnancies in Colombia. The reporters examine the failures of sex education in schools and the lack of effective campaigns by the government. The story includes the profile of one young woman who, like many, chooses to get pregnant in order to escape domestic violence and poverty.
Tags: teen pregnancy; sex education; abstinence; birth control
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The New Lies About Women's Health
Radical Christian groups have been found to be endangering the lives of its women, by not accurately explaining sex-education, to promote abstinence until marriage. Lies are told to them in public school programs, they aren't allowed access to safe contraception, and they are guided to false, "objective" government websites.
Tags: sex; condom; pregnancy; abstinence; STD; sexually transmitted disease; FDA; medic
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Let's Talk About Sex: A Look Into the Sexual Education, or Lack Thereof, of West County Teens
This investigation examined teenagers attitudes about sex and focused on who or what influences their choices, their opinions and their actions. The story also discussed how educators view their role and what they teach as well as parent; perceptions of their children;s sexual activities. The story concluded that teenagers have varying views and attitudes depending on their individual backgrounds.
Tags: sex; abstinence education; oral sex; Planned Parenthood; abortion; teen pregnancy; STDs; Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Virgins, INC.: Premarital sex used to be a sin, now it's a bad career move. That's why the government funds the abstinence industry.
This article explains how the abstinence movement is getting more funding from the government. It also discusses the controversies surrounding educating teens about these issues.
Tags: abstinence; funding; federal government; sex education
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The Sex-Ed Divide
This story examines the debate over how to teach sexual education in high school by looking at a school in Osseo, Minnesota that offers two classes: a new abstinence-until-marriage class and the traditional course, which both warns and prepares students for sex. It also examines the effect the volatile and sometimes divisive issue has had on the community, parents and students. The article focuses on two students with families on opposite side of the debate and their differing opinions about the new curriculum.
Tags: Sex-Ed; sexual education; education; religion; abstinence; curriculum; Osseo; Minnesota; sex; sexuality; teenagers; high school
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Like a virgin
Spin examines the health risks related to the new teenagers' vogue - abstinence until marriage - inspired by chaste celebrities. The story finds that abstinence-only education is a contradiction in terms. It points to statistics showing that "pledge-takers were less likely to use contraception during their first time - the probable result of not being educated enough about health risks and not planning for the encounter. "A promise made is not always a promise kept," Spin points out.
Tags: sexual activity; dates; AIDS; HIV; contraception; birth control; condoms; religion; schools; education; teenagers; Britney Spears; Jessica Simpson