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Georgia: Book Ban in Dade County Schools Thanks to Sexual Content
Dade County School District, a small Georgia district with four public schools, attracted attention for yanking a…
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Connecticut: Yale Sex Week Under Fire
By Shannon Ingram, SIECUS Program Research Intern The annual February “Sex Week at Yale”, a campus…
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Wisconsin: Abstinence Bill Moves Closer to Enactment
By Mary Walsh, SIECUS Program Research Intern The Wisconsin state senate approved a bill requiring…
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Omnibus Plays Politics with the Health and Lives of Vulnerable Populations; Decimates Funding for School-Based HIV Prevention
For Immediate Release Contact: Jen Heitel Yakush December 16, 2011 202.265.2405 // jyakush@siecus.org Omnibus Plays Politics…
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Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Texas: Implications for Policy and Practitioners
Source: Christine Markham, Melissa Peskin, Belinda F. Hernandez, Kimberly Johnson, Robert C. Addy, Paula Cuccaro, Ross Shegog, and…
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House Attempts to Revive Failed Community-Based Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Will Neville-Rehben, Advocates for Youth December 15, 2011 202-419-3420 // will@advocatesforyouth.org Jen Heitel…
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Congress Resurrects Community-Based Abstinence Education Program; Slashes Funding for HIV Prevention Education
In the waning days of the 2011 calendar year, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, a bill…
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Refuses to Remove Emergency Contraception Age Restrictions Despite Overwhelming Support and Evidence
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shocked women’s health and reproductive rights advocates by…
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Poll Results Show Mississippi Parents Overwhelmingly Support Teaching Sex Education in School
The results of a parent poll conducted by Mississippi State Universityshow that 92% of parents with children in…
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World AIDS Day 2011: Getting to Zero
On December 1, 2011, World AIDS Day, President Barack Obama and former presidents George W. Bush and Bill…
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SIECUS Condemns HHS Override of FDA Decision to Lift the Age Restriction and Make Emergency Contraception Available Over-the-Counter for All Women
For Immediate Release Contact: Jen Heitel Yakush December 7, 2011 202.265.2405 / jyakush@siecus.org SIECUS Condemns HHS’ Override of FDA…
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World AIDS Day 2011: Getting to Zero by Creating the First-Ever Sexually Healthy Generation
For Immediate Release Contact: Jen Heitel Yakush December 1, 2011 202.265.2405 / jyakush@siecus.org Getting to Zero…
