Study Faults Abstinence Courses
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Some federally financed sex education programs that teach an abstinence-only approach have factual errors and are ineffective, a Congressional report says.
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Youngsters participating in  federally funded abstinence-only sex-education courses  frequently receive inaccurate or misleading information, the  Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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BEIJING  - Two top Beijing universities have suspended a programme to distribute free condoms to students to prevent HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites), frowning on it as &quot;inappropriate&quot;.
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Sex education in school may  encourage teenagers to put off having sexual intercourse, the  results of a U.S. government study suggests.
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The Bush administration is funding abstinence education curricula that teaches &quot;false and misleading information,&quot; says a report released yesterday by a House Democratic leader.
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Millions of American schoolchildren are offered religiously-inspired &quot;sex education&quot; courses that are riddled with falsehoods, a congressional staff report has found.
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Liberal critics periodically complain that federally funded "abstinence only" sex-education materials are full of false or misleading statements about the effectiveness of condoms and other issues.  Now the Bush administration is firing back, charging that programs that endorse condom use also are...
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Programs that focus exclusively on abstinence have not been shown to affect teenager sexual behavior, although they are eligible for tens of mil lions of dollars in federal grants, according to a study released by a nonpartisan group that seeks to reduce teen pregnancies.
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The vast majority of curricula used by federally funded schools and organizations to teach abstinence contain false, misleading or distorted information about reproductive health
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Two recent studies that suggested oral contraceptives reduced a woman&#39;s risk of heart disease and cancer seemed to take conventional wisdom and stand it on its head.
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The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved four high school health textbooks that promote abstinence-only sex education and make only &quot;passing mention&quot; of contraception, &quot;which critics say violates state regulations and endangers the health of teens
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Federal funding for abstinence education will likely fall considerably this year as Democratic leaders said Wednesday they will let a $50 million grant program expire on June 30
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This just in, from a global study on sexual well-being released last month: More than half of Americans are unhappy with their sex lives.
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We know many of our youth are having sex and will have sex in the future. To teach abstinence without including education on the need for a condom and how to use a condom will lead to more HIV and STD infections.
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Easy access to a "morning after pill"  for contraception does not influence the degree to which women  have unprotected sex, according to a study published on  Tuesday.
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BITTER PILL: Federal officials say research was flawed in two major Wayne State University studies showing oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease and carried no increased risk of breast cancer -- results contrary to many previous findings.
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PHILADELPHIA - US health officials are warning of flawed research in two major studies that recently suggested birth control pills can reduce the risk of heart disease and have no effect on rates of breast cancer.