sex education
Go Congress, Go!
(From Common Dreams Today)
Challenging the "Luxury" of Abstinence by Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK - While there is no indication that the George W. Bush administration is willing to roll back its current restrictions on funding for HIV/AIDS, it may find it difficult to maintain the status quo when Democrats take charge of the U.S. Congress in January.
U.S. efforts to promote abstinence as a cornerstone of sexual education have not lowered levels of sexually transmitted diseases, two former U.S. surgeon generals said on Thursday.
Bill to Fund Comprehensive Sex Ed Introduced in House and Senate
Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced a bill yesterday that would provide $206 million a year in grant money to states for comprehensive, medically accurate, and science-based sex education. The bill, called the Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act, would create a grant-giving program to be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sex Ed on the Web
To: Brian Alexander, c/o Sexploration, MSNBC
CC: Dean Wright, Lead Editor, MSNBC
Dear Mr. Alexander,
I was recently pointed to your article, Sex Ed on the Web at MSNBC.
US births to those aged 10 - 14 reaches lowest level since 1946
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of births among girls in this age group dropped 38 percent from 1994 to 2002 alone, even though the number of girls 10 to 14 climbed 16 percent during the same