Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. September 1, 2009. On Hannity's Fox show this week, Playboy model Aubrey O'Day shot down Hannity's silly argument about sex ed.
Steve Yoder, In These Times. March 14, 2009. Since Democrats took control in 2006, Congress has yet to cut even a dollar of abstinence education funding. Let's hope change is on the way.
Joe Sonka, Amplify Your Voice. March 10, 2009. In much abstinence-only literature, young women are told to not show skin, lest they invite dirty lustful thoughts in hapless boys.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. December 30, 2008. The U.S. government has spent more than $1.5 billion on abstinence programs. What a terrible waste.
Lorraine Kenny, RH Reality Check. December 4, 2008. Sex ed advocates have unwittingly undermined their message by adopting the language of abstinence-only groups.
Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check. October 5, 2008. Political leaders are nervous about supporting comprehensive sex education in schools. But it may be a bigger political liability not to.
Liz Langley, Alice the Goon AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. September 26, 2008. We all need a little sex-ed -- despite what the abstinence-only crown thinks.
Joseph DiNorcia Jr, RH Reality Check. September 12, 2008. It is our duty to move past the fear mongering and focus on putting the health and well-being of our children before short-term political gains.
Karen Dolan, AlterNet. September 3, 2008. I wholly believe in educating my child about contraception. But given that he is 7, I could have waited a few years for that particular talk.
Joseph DiNorcia Jr, RH Reality Check. August 22, 2008. Despite the best efforts of conservative groups and the Bush Administration, more kids are getting information that can save their lives.
Ellen Goodman, Truthdig. June 26, 2008. We spend too much time arguing with each other about teens and sex, and too little time talking to kids about healthy sexuality.
Margaret McKeehan, Open Magazine. May 20, 2008. I signed a paper promising no sex until marriage. The prize for my upstanding moral rectitude? A free chicken sandwich.
