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9 December
London :: United Kingdom | about 3 hours ago
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Replying to a question at a UN conference on Aids, she said: ‘I think that it is part of human sexuality, and perhaps it should be taught.’ This was too much for the newly-emboldened ‘moral majority’ in the US, who had just won control of Congress, and...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Habits, Sex education, Education, Masturbation, Elder, Surgeon General of the United States, Social Issues, Sexual acts, Human sexual behavior, Joycelyn Elders
U study examines effect on self-esteem for sexually active teens
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Well, maybe not, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers who study adolescents and young adult behavior. They they surveyed 1,311 young adults in Minnesota between the ages of 18 and 24 about their most recent sexual encounter,...
Tags: Minneapolis, Casual sex, Adolescent sexuality in the United States, Sex education, Social Issues, Human sexuality, Human sexual behavior
Sexual liberation taking tragic turn in India
Chennai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility India — As sexual freedom sweeps across India, women are increasingly finding that the price they have to pay in this euphoric atmosphere is very heavy. Much as their Western counterparts learned during the 1960s' sexual liberation facilitated by the...
Tags: Young Indian, sexual liberation, India, Chennai, Girl, Sex education, Jane Austen, Sexual revolution, Childhood, Adolescence, Women, Human sexuality
Teenagers are not fazed by multiple abortions
Official figures indicate that there has been as many as 5000 plus abortions in the UK involving teenagers – and, most of these were not first timers. The figures are 5218 for girls under 20 years of age and 15,029 for women between 20 and 24 –...
Tags: teenagers, single girls, abortions, sex education, United Kingdom, London, Gynecology, Pregnancy, Abortion, Fertility, Social Issues, health
More than 5,000 teenagers had repeat abortions
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility more than 5,000 UK women under 20 had repeat termination ... and a further 15,000 aged 20 to 25 had abortion for at least the second time, official figures for 2008 show More than 5,000 women under 20 had an abortion for at least the second time last...
Tags: repeat abortions, England, sex education, unwanted pregnancies, Anne Milton, United Kingdom, London, Teenage pregnancy, Fertility, Abortion, Adolescence, Social Issues, Unintended pregnancy, Birth control, Youth, Pregnancy
204 students have HIV
Venus :: TX :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility O� Neil said this latest surveillance report was provided by the National Surveillance Unit from the Ministry of Health. It covered the period December 2008 to June 2009, and indicated that 39 of the 204 children are in care and 165 on anti-retroviral...
Tags: Venus, Virology, AIDS, Social Issues, Immunodeficiency, HIV/AIDS, Education, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China, HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic, Acronyms, Hong Kong Aids Foundation, Sex education, World AIDS Day, HIV
Today's lesson: condoms in the classroom cause controversy
Sydney :: Australia | 6 days ago
Credibility NSW public high schools questions the effectiveness of condoms for preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Real Choices Australia operates the program, Choices Decisions Outcomes, mainly in government schools across Australia. One of...
Tags: choices decisions, sexually transmitted, decisions outcomes, Australia, Sydney, HIV/AIDS, Condom, Sex education, Education, Social Issues, Sexually transmitted disease, Human sexuality, Sexual health, Medical technology, Penis
New campaign to cut teen pregnancies
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
Credibility It comes after research among 16 to 24-year-olds which showed a lack of knowledge coupled with poor attitudes and communication was hindering safer sexual behaviour. The study found more than a quarter (26%) never discussed contraception with their partner,...
Tags: teenage pregnancies, United Kingdom, London, Teenage pregnancy, Adolescence, Social Issues, Controversies, Birth control, Youth, Pregnancy, Sex education, Safe sex, Law Crime, Motherhood
Program focuses on teen sex
San Antonio :: FL :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility The cafeteria at Dwight Middle School in the South San Independent School District was full to the brim with parents and kids on a recent Wednesday evening...Sex, a topic that strikes fear in the hearts of many well-meaning parents. But this was a night...
Tags: Dr. Kristen Plastino, Diana Lowe, birth rate, having sex, schools district, teen sex, San Antonio, Sex education, Education, Adolescence, Adolescent sexuality, Human sexuality, Birth control
GUATEMALA: Sex Education, Family Planning Finally Available
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 12 days ago
Credibility Social organisations in Guatemala are celebrating the entry into effect of a family planning law that will usher sex education into the country's classrooms and facilitate access to birth control methods, as a victory in the fight against the country's...
Tags: Guatemalan Social Security Institute, family planning, Guatemala City, sex education, Catholic Church, infant mortality, planning law, Mirna Montenegro, IPS, birth control, Guatemala, Demography, Maternal death, Abortion, Social Issues, Population, Reproductive health, Obstetrics, Pregnancy
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