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American teenagers have more pregnancies, births and abortions than teens in other industrialized countries. Approximately 4 million teens contract a sexually transmitted disease each year. About 820,000 girls become pregnant before they turn 20. Teens are having sex. There is no doubt about that, so does it help that the government will not fund a sex education program that teaches safe sex? 75 percent of parents say they would like their children to be taught both abstinence and safe sex. Yet, one-third of American high schools are teaching abstinence-only sex education. Other schools avoid the subject altogether. If sex education...

(Answers Below) If you oppose abortion, but think it's okay to give money to Planned Parenthood for Education, take this quiz to see if your education values match up with Planned Parenthood's. This quiz was created by Iowa Right to Life, by using direct quotes from PlannedParenthood.org's article, "Human Sexuality — What Children Need to Know and When They Need to Know It." Under each topic, select the earliest age you think children should be taught these subjects. Compare your answers with Planned Parenthood's, according to their own educational literature for age to be taught. 1. PP: Seek privacy when...

The United Nations is recommending that children as young as five receive mandatory sexual education that would teach even pre-kindergarteners about masturbation and topics like gender violence.

Our teenagers are more sexually active than any generation of youth before them. They also are consuming more pornography and compromising basic moral standards more often. It seems that many of them have lost not only their innocence, but their conscience, too. The plethora of negative and immoral behaviors glorified by a media world that's gone stark raving mad -- combined with graphic, non-judgmental sex education and a highly sexualized culture in general -- causes many of them to lose understanding of what is wrong and what is right. When a young child's sensibilities are constantly violated, and he begins...

UK, July 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The sex education lobby in the UK is putting pressure on the government to ban parents' rights to withdraw their children from the controversial new sex education program that is slated to become a compulsory part of the National Curriculum from September 2011.Parents currently have the right to withdraw their children from sex education under the 1996 Education Act.In response to the Department for Children, Schools and Families' request for public input on the sex education program that would see comprehensive sex-ed begin in Grade 1, "health education" groups such as the Brook Advisory...

LONDON – Britain's National Health Service has a message for teens: Sex can be fun. Health officials are trying to change the tone of sex education by urging teachers to emphasize that sexual relations can be healthy and pleasurable instead of simply explaining the mechanics of sex and warning about diseases. The new pamphlet, called "Pleasure," has sparked some opposition from those who believe it encourages promiscuity among teens in a country that already has high rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The National Health Service in the city of Sheffield produced the booklet, which has a section...

Pupils told they have a 'right' to a good sex life: That's the advice for youngsters from the NHS By DANIEL MARTIN 12th July 2009 'Unbelievable': An NHS leaflet is telling school pupils they have a 'right' to an enjoyable sex life and that 'an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away' The NHS is telling school pupils they have a 'right' to an enjoyable sex life and that it is good for their health. A Health Service leaflet says experts concentrate too much on the need for safe sex and loving relationships, and not enough on the pleasure it...

CNSNews.com) – Former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders got a standing ovation after speaking at the annual summit of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice where she advocated health clinics offering contraceptives on public school campuses and comprehensive sex education in the schools starting in kindergarten.

Health activists are concerned about a rise in sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers after a powerful government committee recommended that sex education in schools be banned. India’s Parliament’s Committee on Petitions (CP), which responds to grievances against government policies, said in a report last month that the government-approved curriculum “promotes promiscuity” and “incites stimulation of instincts which is detrimental to society”. Health workers are outraged at the decision and warned that it would have adverse effects on the health of the youth. “The [sex education] programme has been very successful and even children in their early teens in our state...

Friday June 12, 2009 Indian Government: Sex Education “Has Absolutely No Place” in Our Schools - It “Promotes Promiscuity” By Hilary WhiteNEW DELHI, June 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Indian government has rejected western-style sex education programs, saying they do nothing to solve the problem of teenage pregnancy but only exacerbate the problem by promoting sexual promiscuity. A government report on the matter was issued in response to a citizen-launched petition against a decision by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to start sex-education in schools. The program had been touted as a means of preventing the...

Tuesday May 12, 2009 Obama Calls for Condom Funding to Replace Abstinence Education By Kathleen GilbertWASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In President Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 Proposed Budget, the president recommends that Congress eliminate funding for abstinence education and instead pour funds into condoms and contraceptive-based sex education.The proposed budget calls for an additional $150 million for contraceptive-only education, which includes competitive grants, research, evaluation and authorization for $50 million in new mandatory condom grants to states, tribes and territories, according to an Abstinence Clearinghouse press release.The budget eliminates the $133 million set aside for CBAE (Community...

The White House wants to get out of the business of telling youngsters "Just Say No to Sex." President Obama is putting his own ideological stamp on federal spending in his proposed 2010 budget by cutting cash for abstinence-only sex ed programs. He's taken a scalpel to a pair of $100 million George W. Bush-era programs that exclusively preached abstinence. Obama is replacing them with $110 million for comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention. "It's about time that evidence-based management - and sanity - return to family planning programs," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan). Dumping the say-no-to-sex programs were a tiny fraction...

"For this is the property of Satan’s delusions, that the men seized by them do not suspect that they are delusions." —John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons, 6:335 Habit can be a great friend of man. It can facilitate the daily tasks he has to perform, rendering easy what, at first, is arduous and difficult. How clumsy is a person sitting for the first time in front of a computer! A letter would take hours to type if the typist had to think of the location of every key on the keyboard. Most of our daily activities are made...

The homosexual movement in the public schools has always been based on lies and deception. But until the mid-1990s, they were still having difficulty getting into the schools. Then they found the key to their huge success -- what they call "re-framing the issue". As a result, they've been able to persuade the Massachusetts Legislature to budget hundreds of thousands of public dollars for programs promoting homosexuality in the public schools. And their "gay-straight alliance" clubs, which started in Massachusetts, now are in hundreds of schools from Maine to San Diego. The following is from a speech entitled "Winning the...

N.C. House Panel Would Give 3rd Sex Ed Option -- NonePosted: 3:02 pm EDT April 7, 2009 RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina lawmakers have proposed giving parents a third choice in how public schools teach adolescents about sex -- allowing them to opt of the curriculum. The House Health Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would expand sex education beyond the abstenance-until-marriage focus, which has been the center of the curriculum since the mid-1990s. The bill would allow parents to decide whether their children also learned about contraception in grades seven through nine. The committee decided Tuesday to give parents...

O'Reilly talks to Elayne Bennett.

A government report reveals a strong need for more attention to abstinence education. Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America has seen the report on sexually transmitted diseases which comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It's just very appalling because the sexually transmitted diseases syphilis and Chlamydia now are continuing to rise," she notes. "And Chlamydia is at an all-time high, an historical high, with over a million new cases a year, which is an increase over last year of some seven percent." Since many of the new reports involve young people, Crouse says the figures suggest...

Obviously, the progressive viewpoint of providing sex education in our schools and the movement towards handing out birth control isn't working. And why should it? We've got an educational system in this country that can't teach the basics of reading and math, and somehow, we expect that same system to do a good job in teaching sex ed?

ProTip: Embryos are *already* fertilized, Mr. President. SRSLY. Google it. Imagine the mainstream media reaction if Sarah Palin or George W. Bush (or any Republican, for that matter) had said something this completely clueless.

With data showing errors in many districts' materials, lawmakers file bills to require schools to provide scientifically accurate information.In sex education classes, 94 percent of Texas school districts teach that abstaining from sex is the only healthy option for unmarried couples, and, in many cases, students are given misleading and inaccurate information about the risks associated with sex, according to a 72-page report released Tuesday. Two percent of districts — in a state that has the third highest teen birth rate in the nation — ignore the subject completely, according to the study. The two-year study, "Just Say Don't Know:...

A renowned expert on the life and work of sex scientist Alfred Kinsey, widely known as the "father of the sexual revolution," is raising alarms over President Obama's pursuit of sex "education" for kindergartners and his plans to install a pornography advocate in a top Justice Department position. Judith Reisman is a Ph.D. researcher and scholar whose exposés of Kinsey have appeared in several books, including "Kinsey: Crimes & Consequences" and, most recently, a new DVD called "The Kinsey Syndrome." The new video documentary reveals dramatically the profound impact on American society from the “findings” of the famous sexual revolutionary,...

(CNN) -- In her first interview since giving birth, the teenage daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said having a child is not "glamorous," and that telling young people to be abstinent is "not realistic at all." Bristol Palin says "everyone should just wait 10 years" to have a baby, rather than when you're young. Bristol Palin says "everyone should just wait 10 years" to have a baby, rather than when you're young. "It's just, like, I'm not living for myself anymore. It's, like, for another person, so it's different," Bristol Palin told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. "And just...

BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost — but said: “I think it’s a lot.”

readingeagle.com Reading teachers balk at condom lesson for middle-schoolers By David Mekeel Reading Eagle 1/30/2009 Reading, PA -  Safe-sex advocates preach that there are ways to make sex with condoms fun, but some Reading middle school teachers are uneasy about discussing the topic in class. Teachers union President Daniel Grim is questioning whether a planned teen-pregnancy program in the health curriculum is appropriate for students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Grim told the school board that some teachers feel the material is too graphic and they are uncomfortable teaching it. "I recommend you take a look at this," Grim said at...

CBS hosts a pro-abstinence relationship expert, but the morning show has a history of denouncing abstinence. Patti Stanger, star of BRAVO’s “Millionaire Matchmaker,” shared her tips for finding Mr. Right on Wednesday’s CBS “Early Show.” The author and relationship expert surprisingly supports abstinence, telling women, “no sexy…no spreading.” Stanger’s advice is a welcome change from CBS’ usual take on sexual abstinence. Author of Become Your Own Matchmaker, Stanger gives women “eight simple steps for attracting your mate” and among those she includes abstaining from sexual activity. She told host Maggie Rodriguez that women should abstain until Mr. Right gives them...

The U.S. government spends more than $200 million annually on abstinence-promotion programs, including virginity pledges.The latter approach does not work too well.A new study of a federal survey taken in the 1990s finds that teens who took virginity pledges are just as likely as other teens to have sex before marriage. Importantly, when the pledgers broke their vows they were less likely to use birth control, including condoms.

Why chastity pledges by U.S. teenagers don't always ring true Teenagers who vow to remain virgins until they marry are just as likely to have pre-marital sex as other young people, a study has found. But they are less likely to use birth control when they do sleep with a partner. The idea of abstaining from sex until marriage has gained wider popularity in the U.S. in the last decade. The Jonas Brothers, a three-piece boy band, are among those vowing to wait until they are married.

Dec. 29, 2008 -- Teenagers who take virginity pledges are no less sexually active than other teens, according to a new study. But the results, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that virginity pledgers are less likely to protect themselves against pregnancy or disease when they do have sex. Researchers say the findings suggest that virginity pledges may not significantly affect teenagers' sexual behavior. Instead, they may decrease the likelihood of teenagers taking precautions, such as using a condom or using birth control, when they do have sex. Virginity Pledge May Lead to Risky Sex Researchers say the federal government...

The paradigm has shifted. Dating is dated. Hooking up is here to stay. (For those over 30 years old: hooking up is a casual sexual encounter with no expectation of future emotional commitment. Think of it as a one-night stand with someone you know.) According to a report released this spring by Child Trends, a Washington research group, there are now more high school seniors saying that they never date than seniors who say that they date frequently. Apparently, it’s all about the hookup. When I first heard about hooking up years ago, I figured that it was a fad...

The girls gather in small groups outside Alexandria's T.C. Williams High School most mornings, standing with their babies on their hips, talking and giggling like sorority sisters. Sometimes their mothers drop the kids (and their kids) off with a carefree smile and a wave. As I watch the girls carry their children into the Tiny Titans day-care center in our new $100 million building, I can't help wondering what Sister Mary Avelina, my 11th-grade English teacher, would have thought. Okay, I'm an old guy from the 1950s, an era light-years from today. But even in these less censorious times, I'm...

YES ON 8 CHALLENGES SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION JACK O’CONNELL TO LIVE DEBATE Yes on 8 Says Debate Will Make It Clear: If we do not Pass Proposition 8, Gay Marriage Will Be Taught in California Public Schools, and that is Already Happening October 28, 2008 SACRAMENTO – The Protectmarriage.com – Yes on 8 campaign today challenged Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell and the No on 8 campaign to a live, televised debate this weekend so voters can learn the truth about the issue of gay marriage being taught in California public schools. The Yes on 8 Campaign, in...

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LONDON (AP) — It's a controversial idea in a land known for prudishness about sex — teaching kids as young as 5 about the birds and bees. But with one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in Europe, the British government is bringing sex education to all schools in England — including kindergartens. While countries like France, Holland and China already require sex education, few places demand that it be introduced at such a young age. "It's vital that this information doesn't come from playground rumor or the mixed messages from the media about sex," Schools Minister Jim Knight said...

The youngest children will get basic lessons in PSHE - personal, social and health education - as they start primary school. They will learn about body parts, babies, differences between boys and girls, friendships and emotions, ministers said. They will also be taught to avoid medicines and dangerous substances in the home. Jim Knight, the Schools Minister, insisted five to seven-year-olds would not be "taught sex", but teachers would address it if asked, adding they would be better trained to discuss sensitive issues when they arise. "It is important teachers don't duck issues children are raising, particularly if they...

Data sources: 30 electronic databases without linguistic or geographical restrictions to February 2007, contacts with experts, hand searching, and cross referencing. Conclusion: Programmes that exclusively encourage abstinence from sex do not seem to affect the risk of HIV infection in high income countries...

From Crayons to Condoms by: Deborah Lambert, October 09, 2008 The verdict is in. The new book, From Crayons to Condoms by Steve Baldwin and Karen Holgate is a must-read for parents everywhere. Those who know Steve Baldwin may recall that he has been shaking up the education community ever since he chaired the California Assembly Education Committee and reported the ugly truth about what was going on inside public schools—to the detriment of our children. The book describes nightmare scenarios that many parents will recognize—from the way that administrators routinely ignore parents to the fact that schools have become...

What's age appropriate sex ed for kindergartners?The Obama camp seems to think they've gotten away with pointing the finger back at the McCain camp over accusing Obama of supporting a bill that would mandate teaching kids about sex before they learn to read. Not so fast.National Review's Byron York has a great piece today on SB 99, the bill Barack keeps trying to say was only to protect kids from inappropriate touching and encouraging age-appropriate sex education. This sex ed thing is a peculiarly touchy one in liberal circles (pardon the pun). They're incredibly sensitive to this issue (pardon the...

I wrote a story for National Review this week in which I looked into the claims — heard virtually everywhere in the press — that John McCain’s “sex education” ad is a bald-faced lie. I don’t have room to go into the details here, but I read the Illinois state legislation involved, looked at the arguments in its favor at the time of its introduction and talked to one of its sponsors (four other sponsors successfully resisted or ignored my appeals for comment). I came away with the conclusion that the widely derided McCain ad was, in fact, accurate. Barack...

093_SB0099 LRB093 05269 NHT 05359 b AN ACT concerning education. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: [snip] a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any class or course in comprehensive sex education if the pupil's his parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in such course or program shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such pupil. Each class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any of grades K 6 through 12 shall include instruction...

McCain has been criticized for claiming that Obama voted for the following changes in Illinois law.  The criticism is that this bills protects children from pedophiles.  I am simply setting forth the text of Senate Bill 99. Please note that when new laws are proposed to amend existing laws the new language is underlined and the language to be deleted from the existing law is indicated by a strickthough: Like FOX News. I report. You decide:         Each  class  or  course  in  comprehensive  sex 14    education offered in any of  grades  K  6  through  12  shall 15    include instruction on the prevention...

TO: Interested PartiesRE: Barack Obama And Sex EducationDATE: September 13, 2008 In recent days, questions have arisen concerning Barack Obama's support for sex education for Kindergarteners. This is a true statement that the Obama campaign has never disputed. Not only did Barack Obama vote for a sex education bill in the Illinois State Legislature, but four years later, he said again that he supported sex education for Kindergarteners. This is a record that establishes his clear support for expanding sex education to Kindergarteners. Please find the facts below:        In the Illinois State Legislature, Barack Obama voted for legislation...

From the McCain-Palin camp: TO: Interested Parties RE: Barack Obama And Sex Education DATE: September 13, 2008 In recent days, questions have arisen concerning Barack Obama's support for sex education for Kindergarteners. This is a true statement that the Obama campaign has never disputed. Not only did Barack Obama vote for a sex education bill in the Illinois State Legislature, but four years later, he said again that he supported sex education for Kindergarteners. This is a record that establishes his clear support for expanding sex education to Kindergarteners. Please find the facts below: * In the Illinois State Legislature,...

In recent days, a consensus has developed among the Obama campaign and commentators in the press that John McCain has decided to lie his way to the White House. Exhibit A in this new consensus is McCain’s ad, released last week, claiming that Barack Obama’s “one accomplishment” in the field of education was “legislation to teach ‘comprehensive sex education’ to kindergartners.” Within moments of the ad’s appearance, the Obama campaign called it “shameful and downright perverse.” The legislation in question, a bill in the Illinois State Senate that was supported but not sponsored by Obama, was, according to Obama campaign...

Please disregard all links within tables in this post (I didn't feel like stripping them from the original source). If a link in this post is good, I will so indicate. Otherwise disregard! A FReeper mailed me the text of the sex education bill that Obama was in favor of. The Bill is the 93rd General Assembly bill SB0099. It was introduced on 1/23/2003 by Sen. Carol Ronen. Its course of action through the Legislature is shown by the following: Actions  Date Chamber  Action   1/29/2003 Senate Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen   1/29/2003 Senate First Reading   1/29/2003 Senate Referred...

McCain's running mate is far from a Bible-thumping pit bull on the issue — or even a lipsticked pig...

... While a member of the Illinois state legislature, Barack Obama voted YES on SB99, the so-called "comprehensive sex education" act sponsored by palnned Parenthood and the ACLU. The act includes a provision for sex education for kindergarten children. It passed March 6th, 2003. ... The Obama campaign and some commentators are trying to spin the sex education bill as a device to prevent sexual predators. Sorry folks, that is only one part of the bill, SB99 section 4. The full text is here. It is a comprehensive sex education bill for public schools in Illinois which covers the following:...

Joycelyn Elders agrees with Barack Obama "to the full capacity."

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, this is the next McCain ad that really has the Obama camp fit to be tied. It's entitled "Education." ANNOUNCER: Education Week says Obama hasn't made a significant mark on education, that he's elusive on accountability, a staunch defender of the existing public school monopoly. Obama's one accomplishment: Legislation to teach comprehensive sex education to kindergarteners. Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama, wrong on education, wrong for your family. MCCAIN: I'm John McCain, and I approved this message. RUSH: Oh, this has got 'em fit to be tied. How dare they say this...

"'Barack Obama supports teaching sex education to kindergarteners,'" said Obama mimicking Keyes' distinctive style of speech. "Which -- I didn’t know what to tell him (laughter)." "But it’s the right thing to do," Obama continued, "to provide age-appropriate sex education, science-based sex education in schools."

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican John McCain's presidential campaign released a new television ad Tuesday that says Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for families because he supports sex education for kindergarteners. Obama's campaign called the ad a "shameful" distortion. The ad says Obama has a weak record on education and that his only accomplishment was legislation to teach sex education to kindergarteners. "Learning about sex before learning to read?" the ad says. "Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family." But the legislation was not Obama's, it never became law and it would have required age-appropriate information in schools....