http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sexeducation/ en-us Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:26:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075379/posts ST. PAUL, Minn. - The wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain doesn't agree with vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest. ADVERTISEMENT Cindy McCain also parts ways with her husband's running mate on sex education. Palin opposes abortion and rejects the view that pregnancies caused by rape and incest should be exceptions. Cindy McCain tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that "I don't agree with that aspect, but I do respect her for her views." Palin has opposed funding sex-education programs in Alaska. Cindy McCain tells ABC that she advocated abstinence as a... ap, abc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075379/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073458/posts Since Governor Sarah Palin's daughter is not running for election this year, it is amazing how much the media has suddenly become obsessed with her. Her pregnancy not only made the front page of the New York Times, a printed announcement of her pregnancy stayed at the bottom of the television screen on CNN for what seemed to me to be about an hour or more. Investigative reporters have obviously been burning a lot of midnight oil, digging deep into the history of Governor Palin's family, for they also found a drunk driving incident involving her husband decades ago— before... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073458/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 02:37:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2073302/posts Is there such a thing as “safe” sex? The recent revelation that the daughter of Sarah Palin is pregnant has raised a furor among Democrats who are calling Ms. Palin a hypocrite for encouraging abstinence. This raises the question, “Is there such a thing as safe sex?” And I’ll be honest, just like the rest of the world I believed the rhetoric of people like Barack Obama who support abortion and partial birth abortion under the guise of wanting to reduce unwanted pregnancy through education about safe sex. They wouldn’t talk about safe sex unless it existed… right? Fortunately there... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2073302/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:57:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073155/posts BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Mitt Romney, responding to reporters' questions about sex education policy in the aftermath of the news that Sarah Palin's teenage daughter is pregnant, told reporters he had always thought abstinence should be part of a comprehensive sex education curriculum. "I would not propose that people don't get any sex education but abstinence," he said. But in 2006, as then-Governor Romney prepared to enter the Republican presidential primary, he announced with great fanfare that he would redirect money from a federal abstinence education grant -- money that had the state had been using to promote abstinence within comprehensive... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073155/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:19:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072748/posts From NBC's Katie Primm and Mark Murray By the way, as has been pointed out, Palin backed abstinence-only education during her 2006 gubernatorial race. In an Eagle Forum Alaska questionnaire, Palin gave this response to the following question: Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools? Palin: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support. *** UPDATE *** NBC's Abby Livingston adds that a McCain spokesperson in May 2007 said the Arizona Republican supported abstinence-only education, too. "Sen. McCain believes the correct policy for... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072748/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 03:09:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060209/posts August 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a culture where cold, hard science is king, one doctor is questioning whether the theory of "safe sex" can measure up.In her pamphlet "Sense and Sexuality: The College Girl's Guide to Real Protection in a Hooked-up World," to be released later this month, Miriam Grossman, M.D., uses her medical training and 10 years' experience as a staff psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to expose the physical and mental dangers of the uninhibited sexual climate that dominates the modern college campus.In the introduction, Grossman describes the tragic and recurring scene in her... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060209/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:42:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059508/posts Planned Parenthood took me "Down There" and exposed it all. The self-evident wrong-headedness of their thinking, that is. A new campaign waged by the abortion provider is as crass as its name suggests. But it is more than that. It is an expose -- in that most pithy and au courant of forms, the Web video -- of why we get nowhere in America when we talk about sex education. The "Take Care Down There" campaign consists of Web videos of young people talking about threesomes and sexually transmitted diseases, because that's all kids could ever chat about, right? An... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059508/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032622/posts - Snip -The sex reform movement actually began in the 1880s, according to Rochelle Gurstein in her book "The Repeal of Reticence." Proponents of "sex hygiene," as it was called, started with the premise that the myriad problems related to sex -- venereal disease, prostitution, out of wedlock births, unhappy marriages -- were the result of a stuffy Victorian prudery.- Snip - By the 1920s, says Gurstein, some of the progressives who had spearheaded the new openness realized with dismay that they had opened Pandora's box. They discovered, she writes, that love had become "disenchanted." In 1919, the social critic... Minneapolis Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032622/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:14:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025283/posts Parents for Truth aims to recruit 1 million parents over three years to fight groups like Planned Parenthood. The National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) has launched a national campaign to educate parents about the harmful information their children are often exposed to in so-called “comprehensive” sex-education classes at school. Parents for Truth will equip parents to fight "comprehensive" sex ed in their children’s schools and promote abstinence-focused sex education.  NAEA Executive Director Valerie Huber said most parents would be shocked to learn what is being taught in "comprehensive" sex-education classes. “ 'Comprehensive' sex education is often very graphic and explicit,”... Citizen Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025283/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024195/posts Is it possible to discuss teen birth rates without attacking abstinence-only education?  Apparently not for NBC’s Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman. During a May 28 Today show discussion of  high schools providing birth control to teens without parental notification, Snyderman cast doubt on abstinence-only education,  saying, “I don’t think there’s any healthcare professional who says [abstinence education] is the magic bullet and it’s really working.”   School-provided birth control is a hot topic again due to the rising number of teenage pregnancies at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts. Pregnancies at Gloucester High soared from 4 to 17 in one year, spurring... Culture and Media Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024195/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023420/posts A middle school health teacher is under investigation, accused of teaching too much about sex. Parents say the teacher is saying crude and explicit things that don't belong in the classroom. Dewayne Smith says, "These are our children, and we're not going to breach the firewall of innocence." Parents say sex education went too far inside the classroom full of 8th-graders at Fort Herriman Middle School. Suzanne Johnson told us, "She explained how the teacher talked about masturbation. Girl masturbation, boys, the wrong ways … the right ways to have sex, the wrong ways to have sex. How long to... ksl.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023420/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 10:10:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016220/posts Parents whose children attend a Mississippi school embroiled in controversy after a science teacher had 6th-graders vote on who was most likely to become pregnant – or be dead – by age 19 say officials now are stonewalling them. Parent Curtis Lyons wants to see the assignment given his daughter, but is being told he won't be allowed to review it. "I have a right to see that assignment," he told WND today, "but I've been refused." The controversy erupted when a science teacher at Chastain Middle School in Jackson, Miss., asked 6th-graders to vote from among themselves who was... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016220/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 10:21:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2013890/posts The Right Thing To Do... When Senator Barack Obama tells "Fellow Child-Murder Advocates" at Planned Parenthood that providing "Sex Education For Kindergartners" is "The Right Thing To Do", is he alleging that NOT teaching children how to "Get It On" is "The Wrong Thing To Do"? Can we all agree that NOT providing food and shelter for one's children would be "The Wrong Thing To Do"? Can we all agree that a Parent who fails to provide for their children should have their children taken from them... by force... if necessary? - ClintonHater.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2013890/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 03:27:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013759/posts LifeNews.com Note: Roeten is a very conservative Catholic who likes the facts over readily displayed emotions. He is an editorial columnist who has frequently been published in numerous Internet and newspaper forums.It’s been discovered. Nobody thought having “safe sex” was possible in every case. Each year 2.6 million teenagers become sexually active—a rate of 7000/day. With high school, nearly half report having engaged in sexual activity and 1/3 are currently active (Kim/Rector//Heritage Foundation).As it turns out, teen sexual activity is extremely costly for teens and for society as a whole. From 1985-1990 alone, the federal government spent $120 billion... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013759/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 21:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012482/posts New Haven (WTNH) _ Sex. It's everywhere. Online, on the radio, on TV and on the minds of your children. "I don't think oral sex is real sex," said Georgia Wetmore of New Haven, a peer educator who works with Planned Parenthood of New Haven. "I think most teens believe that." "As long as you don't let yourself out more, to get yourself a name as a slut or a dog or something, you're cool," said Domenia Dickey of New Haven, another peer educator. "We're still learning. We're still curious. We have hormones," Georgia Wetmore, another peer educator, said. "I... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012482/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 15:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008857/posts LifeNews.com Note: Colin Mason is the director of media production for the Population Research Institute, an organization that tracks population issues and monitors abortion and demographics on an international scale. On 17 April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI addressed a crowd of Catholic educators gathered at the Catholic University of America. After congratulating them on their efforts against a "crisis of faith" and a "crisis of truth," he went on to tell them why American education was failing. "We observe today a timidity in the face of the category of the good and an aimless pursuit of novelty parading as... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008857/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:15:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001597/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- During the faith forum at Messiah College on Sunday night, pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made it clear he doesn't support abstinence-only education. Instead, he wants comprehensive sex-ed that includes contraception and birth control. Though unmarried students who have signed a no-sex pledge to remain abstinent until marriage attended the event, Obama said their decision wasn't enough. "What I have consistently talked about is to take a comprehensive approach where we focus on abstinence," he said. "I do believe that contraception has to be part of that education process." Later in the forum, Frank Page... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001597/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:49:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993277/posts Kate Walsh: Abstinence-Only "Not Working" Cites One-In-Four Teen Girl STDs Rate In U.S. As Proof Fed-Sponsored Sex Ed Needs Broadening March 28, 2008 Kate Walsh on The Early Show Friday (CBS/EARLY SHOW) (CBS) Actress Kate Walsh is pushing for federal sex education programs to teach strategies beyond abstinence-only. Walsh, who played a doctor on "Grey's Anatomy" and stars in its spin-off, "Private Practice," is a member of the board of advocates of Planned Parenthood, and went to Capitol Hill Thursday to take part in a congressional briefing on sex education. She's been lobbying for sex ed to include birth control... The Showbuzz and the CBS Early Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993277/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989801/posts On some issues the public is ahead of its political leaders. Sex education is one of them. By substantial margins, Floridians favor providing students with information about sexually transmitted disease prevention and contraception rather than just an abstinence-only approach favored by the Bush administration. The Legislature should hear this call and put the health of Florida's teens ahead of a narrow, religiously grounded agenda. According to a recent St. Petersburg Times poll, of the nine in 10 Florida voters who agree that the public schools should offer some form of sex eduction, only 8 percent said it should be abstinence-only.... tampabay.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989801/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:14:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987305/posts BOSTON - It was reported last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that one in four teenage girls has an STD. More revelations are coming out now, as it seems that many teenage girls do not have all of the facts about sex and STDs to help them make the right choices. The results of the CDC report stated that just over one in four teenage girls has an STD, with around 50% of black girls having an STD, and 20% of Mexican-American girls, as well as white girls. It is clear that now more than... (dbTechno) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987305/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:25:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987095/posts Alternatives, a North Side youth agency, recently held three forums for teenagers ages 14 to 19. The series was called "Let's Talk about Sex." And talk, they did. In a co-ed forum, the teens pondered contraception. One well-meaning young man stood and said aluminum foil could be used in lieu of a condom. Other teens offered up myths such as the efficacy of plastic baggies, having sex while standing and bathing right after sex. Adults in attendance informed the students that none of those methods protected against unwanted pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987095/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:35:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981993/posts CINO Prep by: Malcolm A. Kline, March 07, 2008 Although Catholic schools look good when compared with their public counterparts, they don’t fare as well in contrast to the way they used to be. In the wake of Vatican II, “Radical reformers tore at every aspect of Catholic life, questioning time-honored practices and beliefs,” Phillip F. Lawler writes in The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture. “Catholic schools jettisoned their religious education programs; the old reliable Baltimore Catechism quickly became a collectors item.” “In parochial high schools, religion classes became freewheeling discussion sessions, with students encouraged to reflect... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981993/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:00:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980254/posts There's an argument out there that oral sex is not sex. For some grown-ups, it's a way to deny that they're cheating. To some young people, oral sex preserves virginity—technically speaking—and allows for what is perceived as risk-free sexual intimacy. From a medical perspective, however, this is sex—and generally, as practiced, it's unsafe. People seem clueless that sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and human papillomavirus can take hold in parts of the oral cavity during sex with infected partners and that the oral contact can infect the genitals, too. HPV is a particularly scurrilous threat, since it... US News & World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980254/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:09:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979886/posts The Milpitas science teacher who showed eighth-graders a graphic anti-abortion video remains on paid leave but has resigned from teaching at Russell Middle School effective June 30. It is not clear whether Randy Yang, a first-year teacher, will return to the classroom this semester. Superintendent Karl Black, citing confidentiality rules, refused to comment. In a closed session, the Milpitas Unified School District board accepted Yang's resignation Feb. 12, Black said. On Jan. 23, Yang showed clips of the controversial film "The Silent Scream," which depicts a fetus being aborted. The film was not part of the curriculum. The next day... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979886/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:28:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976343/posts Primary pupils could be given sex lessons By Graeme Paton, Education Editor  Last Updated: 3:37am GMT 26/02/2008     Compulsory sex education lessons could be introduced in primary schools, the schools minister said yesterday.Jim Knight confirmed that the Government was reviewing its rules on the age at which children were given sex and relationship education - as well as the content of classes.It will also consider introducing single-sex lessons in the subject for the first time. Mr Knight admitted that many sex education classes were "not up to scratch".Britain has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in western Europe. More... The Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976343/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:53:04 GMT