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  • August 2008

    • Hookups Won't Ruin Her Life

      Salon  |  Aug 5, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Hookups Won't Ruin Her Life

      (Newser) - New books are urging girls in the "hookup generation" to stay chaste, but Tracy Clark-Flory trumpets the virtues of casual sex in Salon. While abstinence authors rate women as whores or angels, the 24-year-old argues that hookups help women vet partners physically and emotionally. Today's females take a feminist approach to sex, "claiming the traditionally male side of the stud/slut double-standard." More »

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      feminism  • relationship  • abstinence  • opinion  • premarital sex

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Teen Sex Rate Stops Dropping

      Washington Post  |  Jun 5, 08 8:45 AM CDT

      Teen Sex Rate Stops Dropping

      (Newser) - A decade-long drop in the teen sex rate leveled off between 2001-2007 and it may now be slowly rising again, the Washington Post reports. The government survey of thousands of high school students also found that an increase in condom use flattened out in 2003. The numbers have alarmed public health workers and revived debate about the effectiveness of abstinence-focused sex-ed programs. More »

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      teen pregnancy  • birth control  • condom  • abstinence  • teenager  • abstinence education  • teen sex

  • April 2008

    • Celeb Virgins Find Chastity a Hit

      ABC News  |  Apr 1, 08 9:59 AM CDT

      Celeb Virgins Find Chastity a Hit

      (Newser) - Young stars are defying the "sex sells" mantra by rising to success while emphasizing their virginity, ABC reports. Teen heart-throbs like Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, as well as older celebs like Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima, appear to be part of a growing modesty movement and say they're proud of their chaste status. But insiders wonder if some of the squeaky-clean images are merely a ploy to appeal to parents. More »

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      sex  • teenagers  • Miley Cyrus  • abstinence  • Jonas Brothers  • virginity  • Adriana Lima

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Bush's Unsung AIDS Policy

      New York Times  |  Jan 5, 08 6:19 PM CST

      Bush's Unsung AIDS Policy

      (Newser) - A little known, $19-billion program has provided medicine to 1.4 million AIDS-stricken Africans and may be President Bush's most enduring success story, the New York Times reports.  “I’m amazed at how little (Americans) know about Pepfar,” said one Ugandan doctor of the program. Africans are terrified that “the Bush funds” will leave office when a new president is sworn in next year. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Africa  • HIV/AIDS  • abstinence  • PEPFAR

  • December 2007

    • Congress Must Restore College Birth-Control Discounts

      Slate  |  Dec 20, 07 2:41 PM CST

      Congress Must Restore College Birth-Control Discounts

      (Newser) - With Congress sprinting toward its holiday recess, Slate’s Amanda Schaffer urges legislators to correct a 2005 omission that has made birth-control pills much more expensive for college women. With heavily funded federal abstinence programs doing little and teen birth rates back on the rise, now's not the time to make it tougher for college women to get contraception, Schaffer writes. More »

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      Congress  • abstinence  • birth control pills

    • US Teen Births Rise for First Time in 15 Years

      Associated Press  |  Dec 5, 07 5:30 PM CST

      US Teen Births Rise for First Time in 15 Years

      (Newser) - Teenage births have risen in the US for the first time in 15 years, say government statisticians. CDC officials say it's too early to tell whether the data represent a statistical blip or a real trend. But some experts blame the spike on the administration's focus on abstinence-only sex education, which doesn't teach teens how to use condoms and other contraception, the AP reports. More »

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      teenagers  • abstinence  • teen births

  • November 2007

    • Abstinence Ed. Isn't Slowing Teen Sex

      Associated Press  |  Nov 7, 07 1:17 PM CST

      Abstinence Ed. Isn't Slowing Teen Sex

      (Newser) - Abstinence-only sex-education courses funded by the federal government are no match for teenage libido, according to a new study from a non-partisan group seeking to reduce teen pregnancy. The study found such programs had less “positive impact” than more comprehensive curricula, the AP reports, and dismissed as myth the idea that teaching about contraceptives increases promiscuity. More »

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      pregnancy  • teenagers  • sex education  • abstinence  • safe sex  • abstinence education

  • October 2007

    • Senator Has Hots for Anti-Sex Ed

      Politico  |  Oct 31, 07 3:37 PM CDT

      Senator Has Hots for Anti-Sex Ed

      (Newser) - Arlen Specter has won over $8 million in earmarks for abstinence education in Pennsylvania, sparking jibes from critics and accusations of political pandering. The moderate Republican senator supports abortion rights and sex education, Politico reports, leading some to cry hypocrisy when he directs money to no-sex-until-marriage projects like Coolvirginity.com. More »

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      Pennsylvania  • Arlen Specter  • earmarks  • abstinence  • abstinence education

    • Maternal Death Rate Still High

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 13, 07 3:11 PM CDT

      Maternal Death Rate Still High

      (Newser) - Despite two decades of efforts, more than half a million women die each year while pregnant or from complications after childbirth, the Guardian reported. While overall abortion rates have dropped and contraceptive use has increased, Africa and parts of Asia are bucking those trends. Some experts blame the Bush administration, whose HIV/AIDS prevention policies in those regions promote abstinence over birth control. More »

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      Africa  • contraception  • abstinence  • childbirth

  • September 2007

    • Catholic Leader: Condoms in Africa Carry HIV

      BBC  |  Sep 27, 07 12:19 PM CDT

      Catholic Leader: Condoms in Africa Carry HIV

      (Newser) - Catholic opposition to condom use as an AIDS preventive in Africa took a bizarre turn yesterday when a respected archbishop in Mozambique charged that condoms imported from Europe had been deliberately infected with HIV. Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio made his comments at an Independence Day celebration and reiterated them to the BBC. More »

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      Catholic Church  • AIDS  • HIV  • condom  • abstinence  • Mozambique

  • July 2007

    • Falling Teen Sex Rates Stall

      Washington Post  |  Jul 24, 07 4:57 AM CDT

      Falling Teen Sex Rates Stall

      (Newser) - After steadily dropping for a decade, the US teenage sex rate leveled off in 2001 and has stalled there since, according to a government study. What caused the halt in the trend is unclear, but it coincides with the beginning of increased funding for abstinence-only sex education and may reflect more relaxed attitudes among teens to the dangers of AIDS. More »

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      pregnancy  • sex  • teenagers  • sex education  • abstinence  • abstinence education

    • States Say No to Abstinence Programs

      New York Times  |  Jul 18, 07 6:27 AM CDT

      States Say No to Abstinence Programs

      (Newser) - School sex education programs that concentrate on abstinence are under threat despite years of federal funding for organizations like Virginity Rules, the New York Times reports. Eleven states have rejected abstinence education in the last year and Congress cut program funding for the first time since 2001. A study of abstinence education found no indication that it delayed a first sexual encounter. More »

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      sex education  • abstinence  • abstinence education  • Planned Parenthood  • Virginity Rules

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