Bam. My world just changed. And so did the worlds of teenagers, preteens, and children across the country.
Instead of abstinence-only, Obama’s 2010 budget puts $173 million into teen pregnancy prevention money. Now, while this is great (GREAT!) news, it’s not quite what I was hoping for. Preventing unwanted pregnancies (teen or otherwise) is only a [...]
Archives for abstinence
Abstinence-only funding GONE in 2010!
Preventing HIV
RH Reality Check is a great organization that serves individuals and organizations committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. One way RH Reality Check does it’s great work is through a series of videos called Our Reality Video Series.
For the moment, here is an interview with two women living with HIV. They [...]
Palin and teenage pregnancy and…everything else
This weekend, John McCain announced that his running mate would be Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska. It seems there has been little talk of anything else since that announcement…particularly since the announcement that Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is 5 months pregnant.
There has been much written on the topic since the announcement, while I was away attending [...]
McCain Women’s Clinic
McCain Women’s Clinic
Sex Ed vs. Drivers’s Ed
Another of the on-going and always-funny comparisons between sex-ed and drivers-ed. Because, as we all know, everyone ends up with a lisence at the end of both. And of course I love Zits.
On pre-marital sex, morals, and abuse
My long-time, very dear friend Alice Fielding kindly agreed to share her experience around sexuality education and her evolving thoughts on pre-marital sex. She’ll be following the comments on this post, so feel free to engage her in conversation though your comments.
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The only sex talk I ever got from my parents took place [...]
Virginity, Virgin, Virginal, Are you…?
I have been thinking a lot about virginity recently.
A sex ed teacher recently asked me how I would respond to a 6th grade girl who asked for the definition of “virgin.” Does “virgin” apply to those who have done a wide range of sexual activities, but have not engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse? Or [...]
Fabulously Funny
(With thanks to the Virtual Mystery Tour for the heads-up on this one!)
Teens speaking out about sex education
RH Reality Check has a recent post about two teenagers in Iowa working for comprehensive sex education. They are encouraging Iowa to reject Abstinence-only funding from the federal government. Here’s a portion of the post:
It isn’t unusual for Iowa high school students Stacey Hoch and Venessa McDole, both peer advisors, to speak with [...]
4parents.gov
(Written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
My guest blog for this month will be about 4parents.gov. I found this website through a commercial (they are all on their site) and I must say, it kind of disturbed me. On the about us page, they said this:
“4Parents.gov is part of a national public education campaign to provide parents [...]
