Abstinence May Not Be Sufficient ; State Could Force RRPS To Change Sex Ed Policy
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By ELAINE D. BRISEO Journal Staff Writer  The Rio Rancho school board may have deviated from state standards after recently rejecting an advisory group's recommendation to offer an alternative to the district's abstinence- only curriculum.
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Laws aimed at forcing teens to get their parents' permission before getting contraception will do nothing to scare youngsters off having sex and may in fact increase rates of teen pregnancy, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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By Cheryl Winkelman  A proposed state law that would require computer technicians to report child pornography hit a stumbling block this week.
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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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Opponents of abstinence education cite a study that found no sign that it delayed a teenagerâs sexual debut.
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MUMBAI, May 14  - Moves to bring sex out of the closet in largely conservative India have kicked up a morality debate between educators who say sex education will reduce HIV rates, and critics who fear it will corrupt young minds.
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A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not be approved until additional studies to determine its risk, federal health advisers said today.
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Laws that would require parents to be notified when teens seek birth control would do little to curb underage sex and could cause a troubling number of girls to engage in unsafe intercourse, a survey of teens in 33 states suggests.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A move to give teenagers public   access to the morning-after contraceptive pill without parental   consent has polarized Chilean society, with many saying it's a   license for kids to have more sex.
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YouPorn and other blue Web 2.0 startups could be out of business if proposed changes to 18 U.S.C. 2257 are made law. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
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BALTIMORE -- The state health department has suggested $480 million in potential program cuts that would deprive thousands of children of free health insurance coverage and could force women to pay for their own laboratory tests after rapes.
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The legal case of a girl with special educational needs could prompt a rethink of the use of restraint in schools.
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Teenagers who have had formal sex  education are far more likely to put off having sex,  contradicting earlier studies on the effectiveness of such  programs, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Sex education is not enough to cut teen pregnancies and abortions in the UK, Medical Research Council experts say.
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Most people want measures to change people's behaviour to cut rates of sexually transmitted infections, a BBC poll suggests.
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By Houston Chronicle  Feb. 8--There are a lot of valid questions percolating around Gov. Rick Perry's executive order that Texas school girls be vaccinated against cervical cancer -- unless their parents decline. All deserve answers.
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A California congressman&#39;s report criticizing teaching kids to be abstain from sex is hardly a surprise to family advocates. A new government report claims abstinence