ELLE UK |
Actually, Sex Education Does Not Cause More Teenage Girls To Get Pregnant
ELLE UK The Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens – who in 2011 got booed on BBC's Question Time for suggesting sex education encouraged teen pregnancies and STIs – was jubilant in his reporting, calling for the scrapping of "so-called sex education and all … |
National Review |
Teen Contraception Programs Are Counterproductive
National Review The pro-life movement receives a significant amount of criticism from pundits and commentators for not being more supportive of contraception and sex-education programs. Most pro-lifers respond by saying that any gains in contraception use will likely … |
13WMAZ |
Bibb to use new sex education curriculum
13WMAZ In Bibb County, more than 4.52 percent of female teens between ages of 15 and 19 have babies. That's according to data from the North Central Health District. It's 1.87 percent more than women in the same age group nationwide. The Bibb County Board of … |
Daily Mail |
JILL KIRBY: When WILL we wake up to the fact that sex education doesn't cut teen pregnancies – it CAUSES them?
Daily Mail David Paton, of the Nottingham University Business School, and Liam Wright, of the University of Sheffield, have discovered that teenage pregnancies have actually declined in those areas where councils have cut their budgets for sex education … |
The Times (subscription) |
Teenage pregnancies decline as funding for sex education is cut
The Times (subscription) Teenage pregnancy rates have been reduced because of government cuts to spending on sex education and birth control for young women, according to a study that challenges conventional wisdom. The state's efforts to teach adolescents about sex and … |
Bay Net |
Protests remain calm over teen sex education class
Bay Net Lexington Park, MD- On Sunday, May 21 dozens gathered outside of the Lexington Park Library in protest, and counter-protest, over a sex education class for teenagers. TheBayNet.com did confirm with St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office that there was one … |
Forbes |
How One Teen's Personal Frustration Sparked Her Mission To Simplify Sex Education
Forbes Public health teaches us about contraceptive usage; religious institutions tell us to wait until we are married. But where do we go for the questions in between? Cheryl Fagan was 19 years old when she entered a period in her life where she started to … |
Buffalo News |
Falls students seek better sex education than 'abstinence only'
Buffalo News The students question how effective the program is, given that one of every 10 teenage girls in the 14301 and 14303 ZIP codes in Niagara Falls become pregnant, according to state Health Department data. "We can't hide our heads in the sand on this," … |
The Independent |
Teenage pregnancies rise in Guatemala as girls are deprived of basic sex education, warn healthcare campaigners
The Independent Angela is a gangly, giggly teenager in a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and sneakers. She also is the mother of a baby she bore at age 14 when she had sex with her teacher but did not know where babies came from. “I know they would come from your belly, but I … |
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Sex education editorial was off the mark
Andover Townsman I'm stunned at the misinformation of your editorial in The Townsman of April 6, 2017, disingenuously headlined “Low teen pregnancy rate a testament to sex ed.” Nowhere in your piece do you discuss teen pregnancy rates … you only list teen “birth … |