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• Size matters when it comes to AIDS defense
  • via msnbc.com: Health
  • Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said in a finding that helps explain why circumcision can protect men.
• Future Of Abstinence-Only Programs Unclear Without Federal Funding, Newsweek Reports
  • via Health News from Medical News Today
  • Abstinence-only sex education programs that received substantial federal grants under the Bush administration are turning to private donors as an attempt to keep their programs running, Newsweek reports. Since 1997, the abstinence-only indust…
• Future of Abstinence-Only Programs Unclear Without Federal Funding, Newsweek Reports
  • via Daily Women's Health Policy Report by the National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Future of Abstinence-Only Programs Unclear Without Federal Funding, Newsweek Reports October 29, 2009 — Abstinence-only sex education programs that received substantial federal grants under the Bush administration are turning to private…
• Future of Abstinence-Only Programs Unclear Without Federal Funding, Newsweek Reports
  • via Daily Women's Health Policy Report by the National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Future of Abstinence-Only Programs Unclear Without Federal Funding, Newsweek Reports October 29, 2009 — Abstinence-only sex education programs that received substantial federal grants under the Bush administration are turning to private…
• the honest scoop – 10-30-09
  • via honestbaby
  • Today’s top news headlines for parents By simply lowering the standards that need to be reached, the Education Department thinks many states are fudging the numbers when it comes to student achievement levels. A study by the Johns Hopki…
• Video: O’Donnell: Afghanistan a ‘vexing problem’
  • via msnbc.com: Morning Joe
  • Oct. 29: Msnbc political analyst Lawrence ODonnell joins the Morning Joe gang to ponder the future of the United States war strategy, as well as the impact a draft would have on foreign policy.(Other)
• Video: Sen. Landrieu reflects on Baucus bill
  • via msnbc.com: Morning Joe
  • Oct. 29: Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., joins the Morning Joe gang to explain her position on health care legislation.(Other)
• Video: Mika goes pink at breast cancer event
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  • Oct. 29: As the Levi Johnston-Sarah Palin saga rolls on, msnbcs Willie Geist recaps his colleagues effort to raise money for breast cancer awareness.(Other)
• Video: Engel: Little ‘enthusiasm’ for Afghan political process
  • via msnbc.com: Morning Joe
  • Oct. 29: NBCs Richard Engel joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the challenges facing the U.S. as it re-examines its strategy in the region.(Other)
• The Future of Abstinence
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• In the Loop: Down syndrome abortions on the rise
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• Newsweek Trashes Sexual Abstinence
  • via Culture and Media Institute Headlines
  • Reporter Sarah Kliff uses extreme examples and leftist groups to promote comprehensive sex ed instead.
• Best News I've Heard All Week [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]
  • via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed
  • From Newsweek: Buoyed by $1.9 billion in government funding since 1997 ($1.5 billion of that federal money), abstinence-only education grew from a niche market to a booming industry, with hundreds of curriculums for teachers to choose from. …
• Abstinence Ed: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish
  • via Gloria's Oversexed Mind
  • Thanks to Mitch for sending me to this Newsweek article heralding the demise of ignorance-based anti-sex non-education. If Obama's policies can indeed cripple and ultimately dismantle the web of fierce stupidity that's shrouded sex ed in Amer…
• Philip N. Cohen: Whose Right to Sex Education?
  • via BlackNewsTribune.com
  • The principle of equality for children is fundamentally at odds with the American interpretation of the principle of equality for adults. We defer parenting to parents at the cost of equality for their children. This happens in myriad ways, l…
• The future of abstinence (funding)
  • via WORLDmag.com | Community
  • With President Obama’s 2010 budget set to cut all funds for abstinence-only sex-ed programs, Newsweek reports on the varied approaches these programs will take as financial support vanishes. The Future of Abstinence” chronicles th…
• Bye, Bye Abstinence
  • via The American Liberalism Project - Front Page
  • Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Utah We have heard it a million times. Abstinence is not a well adhered to policy when it comes to teens and sex. Even our recent Republican Vice Presidential candidate's daughter has said...it doesn't work. N…
• The Plight of Abstinence
  • via Vox Nova
  • With the Obama administration’s cuts in federal monies, the hitherto popular and widely prevelant abstinence education in the public sphere is now in serious jeopardy. Read more about the situation in thisNewsweek article: http://www.ne…