Frist Backs Review of Abstinence Programs
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday that the government should review federally funded sexual abstinence programs, under fire from Democrats who say they contain false and misleading medical information.
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New York City prosecutors on Tuesday  endorsed the United States' first proposed law to ban  registered sex offenders from social networking sites like  Facebook and MySpace, officials said.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged Democrats yesterday to stop blocking President Bush&#39;s federal court nominees and hinted that he might try to change Senate rules to thwart their tactics.
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-- A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not win government approval until more studies are completed to determine the drug&#39;s risks, federal health advisers recommended Thursday.
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Federally funded abstinence-only sex education programs present &quot;false and misleading information,&quot; according to a report released on Wednesday by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.
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While sitting in the company of three male friends last weekend watching Hustler's "Campus Confessions" (excellent btw), it came to me that enjoying porn with and in the company of other men is a delicate business. One wrong move can ruin, what was up until that point, a spotless heterosexual record.  First off, watching porn in a male pack is a weird act. But it happens. Somebody inevitably will think it a good idea to bring an adult DVD to watch after the game. Disagreeing to watch or a sudden show of hesitancy will only get your friends questioning your heterosexuality.  Secondly, you will in no way enjoy the porn as much as you would watching it by yourself, or with your significant other. In all likelihood, the pack porn party, if everyone is honest, is way too structured for anyone to have any fun at all. But they happen, and here's ten pointers to keep yourself "straight" in everyone's mind after the "fun" is over.
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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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President Bush believes that just saying no is the best way to combat pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among American teens.
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A US congressional staff analysis has determined many federally funded abstinence programs for teenagers offer false and misleading information.
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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Correspondent | December 2, 2004. Government science advisers are expected to decide today whether to recommend approval of the first &quot;female Viagra,&quot; a hormone patch that supporters
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Federally funded sex education programs that preach abstinence have been misleading and scaring children according to a congressional study.
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New York&#39;s attorney general and state legislative leaders presented a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting people from sexual predators on the Internet, aand Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo backed the effort.In a press conference, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced legislation they called &quot;groundbreaking&quot; in its proposed restrictions and controls of sexual offenders&#39; online activities.&quot;Today I believe we&#39;re proposing the most comprehensive, smartest, toughest law in the nation to keep people safe online, especially minors,&quot; Cuomo said.The Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) responds to the widely documented use that sexual offenders make of the Internet, in particular social-networking sites, to stalk and victimize people, particularly minors.Specifically, e-STOP would require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses, instant message screen names, and any other online identifiers with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. That data would then be made available to social-networking companies and other online services so that they can then block access to sexual offenders and remove them from their sites.The bill also calls for allowing sentencing courts and the state&#39;s Parole Board to restrict the online activities of sex offenders who used the Internet to commit their crimes, victimized a minor, or are considered highly likely to repeat their offenses. In particular, the bill would ban many sex offenders from using social-networking sites.There are more than 627,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S., about 25,000 of whom are in New York, according to Cuomo&#39;s office.State attorneys general have been very vocal about their concerns over online safety, in particular of minors who are preyed upon by sexual offenders on social-networking sites, which are widely used by teens.The attorneys general have often criticized Facebook, MySpace, and other sites for, in their view, not doing enough to protect minors, but the two sides have recently seemed to get on better terms and have rolled out several joint security initiatives, partnerships and agreements.The e-STOP bill is needed to help social-networking companies keep their sites safer and will complement these companies&#39; in-house security efforts, Cuomo said.MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam agreed and said laws need to keep up with the times and technology. &quot;We hope [e-STOP] becomes a model for other states to follow,&quot; Nigam said.&quot;As Facebook and other Internet companies do our best to exclude [from our sites] those who would do our users harm, we need help from the government,&quot; said Chris Kelly, Facebook&#39;s chief privacy officer.Ideally, legislation like e-STOP would get enacted widely in U.S. states and also at the federal level, Cuomo said.
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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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Women ministers back proposals intended to curb the demand for prostitution.
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Rep. Henry Waxman says federally funded abstinence-education programs that are used in 25 states contain false and misleading information about contraception, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases.
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By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 6--Molly Ivins sure would have enjoyed this Monday morning in Texas.   The governor came out against cervical cancer, and some conservatives still pitched a wall-eyed fit.
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The majority of sex ed classes that preach abstinence for US teens feature incorrect or misleading information about the effectiveness of contraceptives and the dangers of abortion, according to a report released by a Democratic congressman.