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Chicago Public Schools Expand Sex Education
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) passed a sex education mandate on February 27, 2013, which follows the National…
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Pennsylvania: Campus EC Vending Machine Survives Opposition Misinformation Blitz
By Isabella Joslin, SIECUS Program Research Intern The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently decided not to…
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State Legislatures Advancing Sex Education Proposals
Numerous sex education proposals have already been introduced in state legislatures across the country so far this year.…
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Middle Schoolers: What Sexuality Educators Need to Know
By Isabella Joslin, SIECUS Program Research Intern Source: Michele J. Moore, Elissa M. Barr, Tammie M. Johnson, “Sexual…
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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act Introduced for the 113th Congress
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), joined by five other Senators and 43 House Members,…
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Texas: You Work for a Pro-Choice Employer? Then You Cant Teach Sex Ed!
By Isabella Joslin, SIECUS Program Research Intern On February 7, Texas State Representative Jeff Leach filed the Texas…
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Concurrent Partners and HIV Risk: Applying Lessons Learned in African Countries
By Tracy Leong, SIECUS Program Research Intern Source: Michele Peake Adrasik, et al., “Developing Concurrency Messages for the…
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District of Columbia: Teaching to the Test for Sex Ed?
Advocates for school-based sexuality education were excited to learn the results of the nation’s first-ever standardized test to…
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Combating Stigma to Combat HIV Infection: Going Beyond Individual Behavior Change
Source: Sean Cahill, Robert Valadez, Sabina Ibarrola, “Community-Based HIV Prevention Interventions that Combat Anti-Gay Stigma for Men Who…
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On 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Abortion Access Still Not Guaranteed
January 22, 2013, marked the 40th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which…
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Illinois: Two Steps Backward on Transgender Inclusiveness for East Aurora Schools
Approximately 50 miles west of Chicago, the East Aurora School District in Illinois bowed to the opposition and…
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National Organizations Call for Inclusion of Anti-Bullying Initiatives in Gun Violence Prevention Proposals
SIECUS has joined 40 other advocacy organizations in signing onto a letter organized by the Gay, Lesbian and…
