Tag Archives: abstinence-only

Report Card: HEALTH

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

GRADE:  B – The push to teach abstinence-only education landed Health Education (primarily sexual education) in an abysmal place. As we have explained on the NCAC website, government funding-based mandates to provide a narrow and limited curriculum on a topic, … Continue reading →

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Teen sex! No fun with iPhone! Holocaust denying! Cyber bullying!

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

It’s five, and my Firefox windows is a few tabs away from crashing. Let’s go through ’em, shall we? Bristol Palin is now a celebrity spokesperson for the teen pregnancy prevention run by the Candies Foundation. You may have heard … Continue reading →

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Separating science from politics: Obama on stem cells. Next: abstinence-only funding?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

It’s refreshing to see President Obama moving forward on his promise to separate science from politics.  By freeing scientists to do more research using stem cells, and by commissioning NIH to develop guidelines, the President has put scientific decisions where … Continue reading →

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Blame TV.

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

As the Washington Post reported earlier this week, a recent study that correlates pregnancy rates among sexually active teens to the amount of TV sex they watched disregards a key issue: teen access to contraceptives and information on contraception. According … Continue reading →

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