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Part 1 Part 2 Youth from around the country gather in Washington DC to discuss the most pressing reproductive and sexual health issues facing teens today: teen pregnancy, access to contraception, the abject failure of abstinence-only programs and more. YouTube version part 1 . YouTube version part 2 . Check out the rest of the Our Reality video series: One Man's Experience with Failed Abstinence-Only...
Around 95 per cent of Britons believe that the country is in the grip of a teen pregnancy epidemic, a myth that ministers and health agencies have warned is 'normalising' pregnancy amongst under 16's and pushing up teenage pregnancy rates, the Independent has learned.
NEW YORK (CNN) — A dozen old family photos were strewn across the table as Gary Neal picked them up one by one. The attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma, reminisced about his teenage son, Harrison, who died two years ago at the age of 17 after fatally mixing over-the-counter cold medication and [...]
Who better to talk to the youth of America than superhost Tyra Banks? Strollerderby has an interesting take on Banks and her recent guests, teens that want to be pregnant. Oy vey. Photo
Teen pregnancy is a crucial public health issue -- but the federal government refuses to address it with anything more effective than failed abstinence-only programs.
The talk swirling around the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's pregnant 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, has catapulted the issue of teen pregnancy from the tabloids and silver screens to the election ballot.
I keep hearing that Democrats do not want to criticize Sarah Palin. Obama threatened to fire anyone on his campaign who goes near the “teen pregnancy” issue; his vice presidential pick, Joe Biden, had nice things to say about Palin the other day; and Hillary Clinton, though campaigning for Obama in Florida today, refused to attack the governor of Alaska. What the hell is wrong with these people? Sarah...
Can anyone think of a mother in the news this week who might be the perfect guest for Oprah#39;s upcoming episode on teen pregnancy? Are you a pregnan... . . .
Frothing at the mouth over the selection of the GOP's rising star Gov. Sarah Palin as Sen. John McCain's vice presidential choice, the mainstream media has thrown in with the Daily Kos and decided it can write or say anything it wants about Palin as long as it serves the end of destroying her. Today, the Washington Post's Paul Kane writes a story about Palin slashing funding for a teen-age pregnancy...
Talk of daughter spurs discussion of abstinence education's efficacy With the pregnancy of Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter now becoming an issue in presidential politics, public-health experts say that if parents haven't had a heart-to-heart recently with their children about sex, now would be an opportune time.
Ashley at SAFER recently linked to a fascinating piece on teen pregnancy by The Center for American Progress. It’s one that I think everyone ought to read, because it so clearly illustrates the connection between sexual violence and “traditional” reproductive rights issues. I’ve always felt that sexual violence is undoubtedly a reproductive justice [...]
Check out this piece I co-wrote with the amazing Elaine Tyler May on the Gloucester teens. We felt like two things were really missing from the coverage last month: 1) a race analysis and 2) a historical perspective. We tried...
WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, July 10th, The National Campaign will host a Congressional briefing on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Teen Pregnancy. The briefing will focus on recent data that suggest the significa...
When did teen pregnancy become entertaining? You know, the stuff of a break-out summer comedy, an Oscar-winning independent film, and now the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Nothing quite says "a new kind of family" - the network's slogan - like a 15-year-old's unplanned pregnancy.
