Religious Groups Get Chunk of AIDS Money

New groups are springing up to win a piece of President Bush's $15 billion AIDS program, with traditional players and religious groups joining forces to improve their chances in a competition that already has targeted nearly a quarter of its grants for faith-based organizations.

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"The scheduling of an abstinence-only speaker today [November 17, 2009] at Douglas Freeman High School has drawn protests from some teachers, an abortion-rights organization, and a gay and lesbian education network."

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Take a look at this lede from a OneNewsNow article on abstinence-only sex education: An abstinence advocate says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control shows that abstinence education is delaying sex among teens.

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The U.S. House, taking aim at one of former President George W. Bush's signature initiatives, voted to slash funding for abstinence-only sex education programs.

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Paging Keith Olbermann. You can call off the search...we've found your Worst Person in the World for tonight.

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Teenage pregnancies and STDs in the US are on the rise again, thanks to George Bush's abstinence-only obsession

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a new Centre for Disease Control and Prevention report introduces its finding that rates of teen pregnancy and STDs are, after more than a decade of decline, once again on the rise. This news is, of course, not really news at all.

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I guess we are going to see teen pregnancy and STDs continue to rise until we get frank, factual sex ed re-introduced into our schools.

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This Budget eliminates funding for Community-Based Abstinence Education, the mandatory Title V Abstinence Education program, the Compassion Capital Fund, and Rural Community Facilities.

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President Obama today unveiled a budget for fiscal year 2010 that is sure to have some reproductive health activists cheering as he continues to fulfill the predictions I made for women's health policies when he was first elected.

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The President's FY2010 budget was released this morning (you can search through all 1376 pages here) and among the proposed changes it includes is the elimination of Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) funding.

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Poor Bristol. She's already said that abstinence doesn't work...now she's an abstinence spokeswoman?

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Every year when I was in high school in Lubbock, Texas, we were herded into the auditorium for a lecture from a local youth pastor about the birds and the bees.

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The rate at which teenage girls in the United States are having babies has risen for a second year in a row, government statistics show, putting one of the nation's most successful social and public health campaigns in jeopardy.

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A study by the Texas Freedom Network found that 96 percent of state school districts don't teach sex education.

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In her first interview since giving birth, the teenage daughter of Alaska Gov.

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On the 36th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, a man smashed his SUV into the entrance of the Planned Parenthood office in St. Paul this morning.

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Wow. This is a painful video.

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[Y]ou might think that when you go to a medically-trained doctor or nurse seeking to have your IUD adjusted, the fact that they were trained and certified as medical professionals in a field with clear standards and the fact that you live in a democracy that prides itself on lead …

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Yes, literally clowns. And not just just any clowns. Clowns who teach middle schoolers sex education!

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Roman Catholic leaders have pounced on a "confession" by one of the inventors of the birth control pill who has said the contraceptive he helped create was responsible for a "demographic catastrophe".

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President-elect Obama already has a long to-do list. But here's another item for it: to restore science in government.

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A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces jo …

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Teenage mothers cost the country an additional $2.2 billion annually in welfare and food stamp benefits, medical care costs are an added $1.5 billion, foster care expenses are increased by $900 million.

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Things About Governor Palin and Pregnancy That ARE Open to Discussion

Sadly, I've seen a lot of crowing, strutting, wailing and bemoaning on Newsvine the last few days regarding Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin and pregnancy.

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