Read more abstinence education stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5851/abstinence-education.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:30:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70627/senate-finance-panel-agrees-at-last-to-fund-abstinence-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the same day it voted to kill Democrats' hopes for a health bill with a public option, the Senate Finance Committee showed the love to abstinence. Committee Republicans displayed a little nostalgia for the Bush administration, voting to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education...http://www.newser.com/story/70627/senate-finance-panel-agrees-at-last-to-fund-abstinence-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 8:12:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59585/wanna-have-sex-picture-screaming-baby-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBristol Palin thinks the best advertisement for abstinence is “a screaming newborn baby,” she tells People in a look at the life of a teenage mom. “If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex,” says Bristol, who graduated high school last week, but worked two part-time...http://www.newser.com/story/59585/wanna-have-sex-picture-screaming-baby-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 10:20:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58367/obama-budget-cuts-funds-for-abstinence-only-sex-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTake that, Bristol. The Obama administration seeks to cut most federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama's proposed budget for 2010 would scrap two programs that fund abstinence education—with $145 million—and replace them with a $160 million initiative that funnels 75% of...http://www.newser.com/story/58367/obama-budget-cuts-funds-for-abstinence-only-sex-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 18:35:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58316/bristol-as-a-role-model-you-must-be-kidding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the Candie’s teen fashion line came under fire for dressing high school girls like hookers, it formed a nonprofit to fight teen pregnancy. And when the foundation needed a “teen ambassador,” it called Bristol Palin. “Can I say upfront that this is a terrible, terrible idea?” writes Gail Collins...http://www.newser.com/story/58316/bristol-as-a-role-model-you-must-be-kidding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 9:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57868/sex-query-experts-help-teens-via-texting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTeenagers no longer need to reveal their angst over pregnancy or noisy sex in crowded classrooms, the New York Times reports. Public health officials, fretting over the state of sex ed in US schools, are now answering questions via text message. Some use multiple choice menus and automated responses, but...http://www.newser.com/story/57868/sex-query-experts-help-teens-via-texting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 15:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47272/mississippi-has-most-teen-pregnancies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMississippi has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the US, the AP reports. Some 68 Mississippi women out of 1,000 aged 15-19 got pregnant in 2006—the most recent year for which data are available, and in which the US rate rose for the first time in 15...http://www.newser.com/story/47272/mississippi-has-most-teen-pregnancies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 11:41:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46561/abstinence-vows-dont-work-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaking an abstinence pledge made teenagers no less likely to have sex before marriage but significantly less likely to use contraceptives when they did have sex, the Washington Post reports. “Previous studies would compare a mixture of apples and oranges,” said Janet Rosenbaum, the author of a new study that...http://www.newser.com/story/46561/abstinence-vows-dont-work-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Dec 2008 16:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45555/obama-reviews-abortion-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s transition team is hard at work deciding how and when to undo the Bush administration’s abortion policies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bush’s ban on federal stem cell research funding will be among the first to go—a move that has broad bipartisan support—along with Reagan’s “global...http://www.newser.com/story/45555/obama-reviews-abortion-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 8:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36769/palin-mccain-differ-on-sex-education.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin and John McCain differ on sex education, with Palin favoring both contraceptive and abstinence education in schools—while McCain and the GOP platform support teaching abstinence only, the Los Angeles Times observes. “I'm pro-contraception, and I think kids who may not hear about it at home should hear...http://www.newser.com/story/36769/palin-mccain-differ-on-sex-education.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Sep 2008 10:15:02 CDT