Tag Archives: Abstinence-Only Education
Bristol Palin: Don’t get pregnant unless you’re privileged
TweetBristol Palin has shot a new PSA for the abstinence pushing and just generally creepy Candie’s Foundation. And it is so not OK: Transcript after the jump. Even entertainment website E! Online recognizes that this add is messed up, saying the message is: “I’m privileged, so it’s OK that I got pregnant, but you’re not, [...]
Health care reform includes $250 million in funding for abstinence-only education
Tweet That’s right. The health care reform legislation signed by President Obama last week includes a renewal of $50 million to go towards abstinence-only education every year for the next five years. Via CNN: Programs that receive this funding must “teach that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, [...]
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Successful abstinence-only education?
TweetThe media (and abstinence-only organizations) are atwitter over a study that shows abstinence-only education can delay the onset of sexual activity. Valerie Huber, Executive Director of the National Abstinence Education Association, for example, was more than a little pleased: “The core teachings of abstinence education include character building, goal-setting and exploring the emotional risks of [...]
Teen pregnancy rate increases after decade-long decline
Tweet Thanks abstinence only education! A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that the teen pregnancy rate has risen for the first time in more than a decade. And guess who’s to blame… These new data from the Guttmacher Institute are especially noteworthy because they provide the first documentation of what experts have suspected [...]
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Bristol Palin does not support abstinence-only