Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2009
Yet another report confirms, as The Guardian explains, "that rates of teen pregnancy and STDs are, after more than a decade of decline, once again on the rise." Thanks to President Bush's abstinence-only sex education agenda, black, Hispanic and poor women are more likely to have unwanted pregnancies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Marie Cocco / TruthdigJul 2, 2009
The decline in contraceptive use may cheer those who have promoted faith-inspired school curricula, but now we have sad and clear evidence that political foolishness among adults is leading to foolish and harmful behavior among kids. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 15, 2009
Trying to raise some consciousness about sex education in China, an entrepreneur plans to open the country's first sex theme park in October It's raising some local eyebrows too as development continues in the southwest city of Chongqing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigFeb 17, 2009
Last fall, Bristol Palin became a controversial figure in her mother Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid when it was revealed, not long after the elder Palin took to the campaign trail, that the teenaged Bristol was pregnant by her high school boyfriend. Now Bristol has re-emerged to make a few comments that run against her mom's approach to teen sex ed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ellen Goodman / TruthdigJan 2, 2009
"Virginity pledges" are one of the ways that government officials measure whether abstinence-only education is "working." They count the pledges as proof that teens will abstain. It turns out that this is like counting New Year's resolutions as proof that you lost 10 pounds. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 1, 2008
So what was with all of the invocations of the deity at last week's Democratic National Convention? Stephen Colbert talks about the Dems' public displays of piety with Lori Lippman Brown, director of the Secular Coalition for America, producing another kind of sacred text to take the Bible's place as he swears Brown in for her "Colbert Report" testimonial. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2007
What's the right way to talk to children about sex? Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have different ideas about how to answer this classic question -- and for his part, Obama thinks stories about storks don't fly after a certain age. Meanwhile, Romney proudly touts his record in promoting abstinence education. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Marie Cocco / TruthdigJul 18, 2007
The U.S. continues to have the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world, despite this week's reports of doubled sales of the controversial over-the-counter birth control method Plan B, otherwise known as "the morning-after pill." So why does Washington continue to push abstinence-only sex education against all better scientific judgments? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 7, 2006
The Senate Democratic leadership will push for expanded access to contraceptives and sex education--a nationally popular move, but a bitter pill for the prudish right-wingers who are desperately afraid that someone, somewhere, may be enjoying a sexual act. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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