Lawmaker Criticizes Abstinence Programs
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Federally funded abstinence education programs that are used in 25 states contain false and misleading information about contraception, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases, a Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday.
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Indonesian lawmakers have watered down an anti-pornography bill following criticism that it could restrict freedom and threaten the country's tolerant tradition, the parliamentary speaker said on Wednesday.
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Speakers at a workshop yesterday called for reviewing the &#39;1996 national policy document&#39; on HIV/Aids and other STD related issues as well as the role of Narcotics Control Act and related legislation.
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A powerful Republican legislator said Tuesday that he will submit legislation that would block Atlanta from penalizing Druid Hills Golf Club for denying spousal benefits to partners of gay members.
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A report released Wednesday by Democratic representative Henry Waxman of California says that federally funded abstinence-only sex education programs present &quot;false and misleading&quot; information about HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases, condom
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Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday angrily defended his relationship with Merck &amp; Co. and his executive order requiring that 11- and 12-year-old girls receive the drugmaker's vaccine against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus.
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A measure to make the morning-after pill available free at state-run hospitals has generated complaints and challenges in the country.
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Organizations concerned with reproductive health and sex education sharply criticized the Bush administration yesterday, saying that its
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A senior ruling party lawmaker who is at the center of a controversy over Japan's ban on nuclear weapons said on Monday the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a crime.
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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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Lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at protecting children from indecent television programs by forcing cable and satellite providers to offer a modified form of la carte programming or make other changes in the way they operate.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich is taking a stand on violent and sexually explicit video games. He wants to keep them out of children&#39;s reach.
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Several Democratic lawmakers asked the Bush administration on Monday to replace its new family-planning chief because he has worked for a health provider that opposes the use of birth control.
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- A state assemblyman has asked the adult entertainment industry to adopt safe-sex measures or face the possibility of a law that would compel performers to use condoms.
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Researchers tell a Senate hearing that internet porn is more addictive and harmful than street drugs. One calls for government-funded research into the 'erototoxins.' By Ryan Singel.
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A new report from Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) and the minority staff of the House Committee on Government Reform, The Content of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Education Programs
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A Democratic lawmaker has abandoned her heavily ridiculed campaign to make spanking a crime, acknowledging that the idea would get whacked even in California's sometimes whimsical Legislature.