Over the weekend, 15 editorials echoed Planned Parenthood's push to end dangerous «abstinence - only» programs that don't work and to instead invest funding in comprehensive sex education that teaches
teens about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
Not exact matches
Does your pediatrician talk to your teen
about STDs, teen pregnancy, birth control,
abstinence, or any other topics that many parents, doctors, and
teens sometimes find difficult?
Planned Parenthood, along with other national, state, and local organizations that care
about our nation's
teens, sent a letter to Congress opposing further funding for
abstinence - only - until - marriage programs.
Federal funding should be directed toward comprehensive sex education programs that will keep
teens healthy — by including information
about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
In addition, the final budget bill allocated no additional funds for dangerous
abstinence - only programs that deny
teens information
about how to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections like HIV / AIDS.
«American families deserve education programs that will keep their
teens safe — programs that include information
about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.»
This is positive news for America's
teens, as federal funding should be directed toward comprehensive sex education programs that will keep
teens healthy — by including information
about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
It's time for Congress to stop wasting money and start putting
teens and parents first by funding comprehensive sex education programs that include messages
about both prevention and
abstinence,» Richards continued.
President Bush recently requested a $ 28 million increase in the FY»08 budget for
abstinence - only programs, which have been widely criticized for denying
teens life - saving information
about how to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
We need education programs in our schools that will keep
teens healthy and help to reduce teen pregnancy — by including information
about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.»
«With President Obama, we have a leader who agrees with what doctors, scientists, parents and
teens have been saying for years: comprehensive sex education, including information
about abstinence as well as contraception, helps prevent teen pregnancies,» said Richards.
We need education programs in our schools that will keep
teens healthy — by including information
about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
Planned Parenthood is a leading advocate for school education programs that will keep
teens healthy — by including information
about abstinence as well as
about contraception, healthy communication, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.