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Texas law on children seeing porn being challenged
DALLAS - A 1970s-era Texas law that allows parents to show "harmful material" to their children has come under fire after a prosecutor said he couldn't file charges against a man accused of forcing his 8- and 9-year-old daughters to watch hardcore online pornography.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-29
Future of abstinence-only funding is in limbo
NEW YORK - With the exit of the Bush administration, critics of abstinence-only sex education will be making an aggressive push to cut off federal funding for what they consider an ineffective, sometimes harmful program.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-01-18
Many Teens Don't Keep Virginity Pledges
MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who take virginity pledges are just as likely to have sex as teens who don't make such promises -- and they're less likely to practice safe sex to prevent disease or pregnancy, a new study finds.
Source:(HealthDay News)
2008-12-29
Public schools become focus of gay marriage ban
SAN FRANCISCO - A girl in pigtails bounds into the kitchen after school and asks her mother to guess what she learned that day. "I learned how a prince married a prince, and I can marry a princess," she exclaims to her mortified mom.
Nations:U.S. People:Gavin Newsom Source:(AP)
2008-10-22
Abortions hit 30-year low in United States: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The abortion rate in the United States has hit a 30-year low, with the decline particularly marked among teens, who once had the highest rate of abortion, a report showed Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AFP)
2008-09-24
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