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Sex education training in NC. It works.

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 9:52pm

Crossposted on Amplify
A year or two ago, the thought of going into NC public schools and training teachers how to teach comprehensive sex education would have seemed crazy.  Schools were required to adhere to a strict abstinence-only policy, unless they went through a long, complicated, messy public hearing process

Why is abstinence-only sex ed in the HCR bill?

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Sat, 12/19/2009 - 1:54pm

Crossposted from Amplify


The Health Care debate is getting pretty messed up. Want proof?


Majority Leader Reid is using the health-care bill to restore funding for abstinence-only sex education programs that liberals (such as Mr. Reid himself) have spent the past three years trying to zero out. 
(via WJS)



 What! Senator Ried, WHY!   This is bad news. 


You're supposed to blindly recite the pledge of allegiance, even if it doesn't make sense

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 10:47pm

Crossposted on Amplify
Once again Colbert has proven to be the man.  Check out this clip from Thursday's show about William Phillips choosing not to say the Pledge of Allegiance because gays cannot marry.

Lets do sex education RIGHT in North Carolina, aka don't listen to the NC Family Colicy council

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 7:21pm
Last June the Healthy Youth Act passed in North Carolina, finally ending 10 years of harmful abstinence-only sex education. The new bill is not perfect, but it says that schools must teach about abstinence and all FDA methods of birth control. This is a major step foreword for young people in NC, and hopefully we will see a decline in teen pregnancy rates after tens start receiving this comprehensive information. 

"Finally, sex education goes beyond abstinence"

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 4:46pm

From Amplify:
 I want to share this great article from Alex at UNC Asheville's The Blue Banner

"Sex education in North Carolina just legally changed for the better, but the economy might force that change to wait. The problem is that teenagers won’t wait, and the result is an economical and social disadvantage for women statewide.

Michele Obama Talks about Health Care Reform and Women

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 11:43am

Crossposted on Amplify
 I always love hearing what Michele Obama has to say, she is so intelligent, charming, and well spoken.  

This morning the White House put out this video with Michele Obama talking about the importance of Health Care Reform, especially for women:

Enjoy!
-Dan


Crossposted on Amplify

Every 26 seconds another teen becomes pregnant.

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 12:50pm

This is from a fellow teen activist in North Carolina, and the original post is on Amplify:

Every 26 seconds another teen becomes pregnant. That means that before the end of my speech, there will be another 11 young ladies faced with the difficulties of a pregnancy, the challenges of motherhood, and the chore of growing up way before their time. A rate of one teen every 26 seconds equates to 3,323 teens in one day and 1,212,923 in one year and last year, I was one of those teens. On March 31, 2008 I became pregnant at the age of 17. I, like many other girls at my school, had the daunting task of dealing the pressures of a pregnancy and continuing with my schooling. And after my daughter arrived I had to deal with the challenges of motherhood while working on graduating, all before the age of 18. My junior year in high school, I became a statistic, a statistic that could have easily been avoided.

Its Chow Time-Obama Needs to End Don't Ask Don't Tell (w/video from The Daily Show)

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 12:05am

Cross-posted on Amplify

Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a pathetic excuse about why Obama hasn't followed through on his promise to end Don't Ask Don't Tell-

The president and I feel like we've got a lot on our plates right now, and uh lets push that one [reffering to dont ask dont tell] down the road a little bit.

Jon Stewart, one of my heroes, had a very simple message for Obama about this on The Daily Show this week:

All that stuff you've been putting on your plate? It's F***ing chow time, brother.

From Birds and Bees to BrdsNBz-Sex Education by cellphone

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 5:48pm

 Since earlier this year, the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina (APPCNC) began providing an awesome service for teenagers called the BrdsNBz Text Message Warm Line.  BrdsNBz is a free service that allows teens in North Carolina to text a question about sex, sexual health, and relationships – receiving a response within 24 hours.  APPCNC’s overall goal for the BrdsNBz is summarized below:


Why Stay A Virgin?

Submitted by teenadvocatedan on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 9:52pm

Cross posted from Amplify

 I read an article today in the Daily Tar Heel (The University of North Carolina’s college newspaper) titled Virgins not alone at UNC.  The article talked about hook-up culture on college campuses, and how it is often exaggerated and overblown. 

The survey, started in fall of 2008 and concluded in February 2009, also found that approximately 38 percent of students at UNC have never had sex.
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