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1 in 4 teen girls has at least one STD
The CDC's Dr. Kevin Fenton said given that STDs can cause infertility and cervical cancer in women, "screening, vaccination and other prevention strategies for sexually active women are among our highest public health priorities."
March 10, 2008 | Read More

Guttmacher Policy Review
Guttmacher Policy Review - Winter 2007, Volume 10, Number 1 - The Heart of the Matter
February 24, 2008 | Read More

Refusing to address teen births
The State's Dec. 27 editorial about the nation's rising teen birth rate expressed appropriate concern about taxpayers' funds being used to put abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in our schools, stating "we need some assurance that specific programs do work before we keep spending tax money on them." Indeed.
January 4, 2008 | Read More

Birds, Bees and Lab Coats
A lot has changed in the 11 years since Congress voted to make abstinence-only programs eligible for federal funding. Today, that policy is up for reevaluation and a bill aimed at opening the funds to comprehensive programs will likely be put to a vote sometime in 2008. Before you decide where you stand, maybe it's time you got up to date on the research.
December 26, 2007 | Read More

Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since '91
The finding surprised scholars and fueled a debate about whether the Bush administration's abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working.
December 5, 2007 | Read More

Teen Pregnancy, Birth Rates Plummet Across D.C. Region
Teen pregnancy and birth rates have dropped sharply across the Washington region in the past decade, with the District cutting its numbers by more than half to historic lows.
October 28, 2007 | Read More

Pregnancy Prevention Planning and Privacy Overwelmingly Supported: Survey Shows Conservative and Liberal South Carolina Voters Agree
A recent survey measured how South Carolinians view important life decisions such as comprehensive sex education, birth control access, and other family health issues.
October 7, 2007 | Read More

Comprehensive Education Reduces Teen Pregnancy
The Wall Street Journal reports that a South Carolina program succeeds by addressing both abstinence and contraception.
January 8, 2007 | Read More

Your Right to Birth Control is Under Attack
"It may be news to many people that contraception as a matter of right and public health is no longer a given."
January 8, 2007 | Read More

Telling the Stories Behind the Abortions
Dr. Wicklund, 53, said that at current rates almost 40 percent of American women have an abortion during their child-bearing years, a figure supported by the Guttmacher Institute, which researches reproductive health policy. Abortion is one of the most common operations in the United States, she said, more common than tonsillectomy or removal of wisdom teeth. \"Because it is such a secret,\" she said, "we lose sight of how common it is."
November 5, 2006 | Read More

Contraceptive use can help prevent abortions
Some legislators continue to attack women's reproductive health issues, especially contraceptives. Some of the proposed bills were "DUI" -- Done Under Ignorance.
November 4, 2006 | Read More