Greenville News, September 8, 2012 by Joyce Fishman Klein How did you learn the alphabet? Did you learn that A is for Apples, B is for Boys, etc.? Today in the world of politics in this country we are learning a new alphabet: A is for Abortion, B is for Birth control, C is for […]
May 11, 2012
WBIR (NBC 10), May 11, 2012 by Chas Sisk Gov. Bill Haslam’s office said Friday that he has signed legislation that adds the concept of “gateway sexual activity” to the state’s abstinence-first sex education curriculum. Haslam signed Senate Bill 3310 over calls to veto the measure from the American Civil Liberties Union and others. The […]
April 10, 2012
USA Today, April 10, 2012 by Sharon Jayson Teen births are at their lowest level in almost 70 years, federal data report today. Birthrates for ages 15-19 in all racial and ethnic groups are lower than ever reported. “Young people are being more careful,” says Sarah Brown, CEO of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen […]
April 10, 2012
Think Progress, April 10, 2012 by Amanda Peterson Beadle The number of teen births in the U.S. dropped again in 2010, according to a government report, with nearly every state seeing a decrease. Nationally, the rate fell 9 percent to about 34 per 1,000 girls ages 15 through 19, and the drop was seen among […]
April 7, 2012
Wisconsin State Journal, April 7, 2012 by The Associated Press Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed a set of contentious GOP bills barring abortion coverage through health insurance exchanges, requiring doctors to consult privately with women seeking abortions and mandating sex education teachers stress abstinence. Walker, a Republican, signed the bills Thursday but didn’t announce the […]
April 3, 2012
The Washington Post, April 2, 2012 by Petula Dvorak Demonstrators standing outside women’s clinics protesting abortion, meet Christina Ramos. And Charnisa Royster. And Lateaisha Brooks. And about a dozen others. That’s what some of the folks have been doing at the Germantown clinic of LeRoy Carhart, who is one of the few doctors in the […]
March 14, 2012
Huffington Post, March 14, 2012 by Leigh Owens The Wisconsin State Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that will limit abortion coverage, as well as a measure imposing abstinence-only sex education in schools. The abortion bill, passed by a vote of 61-34 in the Republican dominated assembly, bans abortion coverage under a private health insurance […]
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