On AlterNet: teen pregnancy
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "teen pregnancy"
Michael Rowe, Huffington Post. May 8, 2009.
Clearly she's proof that it doesn't work.
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.
Geoffrey Dunn, Huffington Post. February 23, 2009.
If the Christian Right really wants to confront teen pregnancy, they'd be smart to listen to Bristol Palin and absorb her real-life wisdom.
Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check. January 6, 2009.
Bristol Palin may be way ahead of her mom when it comes to one of the country's most controversial issues.
Cynthia L. Cooper, Women's eNews. August 13, 2008.
A political shift to the right has imperiled reproductive rights in many states.
Catherine Morrison, RH Reality Check. July 31, 2008.
The children of Kentucky and Alabama for example are treated to a mix of religious propaganda, gender stereotypes, and misinformation.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 18, 2008.
Is PETA (yet again) exploiting female sexuality to get its point across?
Tala Dowlatshahi, American News Project AlterNet: Video. July 4, 2008.
Teen pregnancy is on the rise in America for the first time since 1991.
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.
Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor. May 23, 2008.
"P-schools" that cater to pregnant teens are being shut down in favor of mainstreaming. But is that good for pregnant students?
Laura Tillman, The Brownsville Herald. March 31, 2008.
Teen mothers still drop out of school at alarming rates. One school tries to fight the trend.
Laura Tillman, The Brownsville Herald. March 28, 2008.
Teenagers are still being kept in the dark about their sexual health, with life-altering consequences.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. December 24, 2007.
It's a lazy, misogynistic narrative that has at its heart the notion that a woman really just better stay home and take care of the kids.
Jesse Wendel, Group News Blog AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2007.
The red states have a vastly higher teen pregnancy rate than the blue. It isn't an accident.
Jennifer Liss, WireTap. June 29, 2007.
What's working -- less sex or better contraception?
