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• A Dollar a Day Not to Get Pregnant

  
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  A pregnancy prevention program based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that pays 12 to 18 year old girls one dollar for every day they are not pregnant has spurred conversation and raised eyebrows as it has made its way through the blogosphere. College Bound Sisters was founded in its most infant ...
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• Welsh pharmacies’ increasing role in sexual health support

  
  optimum population trust news watch — Authority: 438
  THE community pharmacy network in Wales is made up of more than 700 pharmacies, ranging from the small independent pharmacy to the larger branches of well-known chains. They are located where people work, shop and live and to many they are the most accessible part of the health service. We are all aware of the role ...
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• Teenage Girls Weight May Affect Sexual Behavior

  
  Articles about Condoms and Safe Sex Resources — Authority: 117
  As a teenage girl, I can remember all the insane things I would do to try and keep my weight in check. I did Slim-Fast for a few weeks until I realized if I ever saw another chocolate shake again, I would have to run somebody over. I even forced my mother to buy me Richard Simmons’ ‘Sweating to the Oldies’ and ...
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• Poll shows sex education confusion

  
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  Around two-thirds of Bristol parents believe their teenagers have no desire to discuss sex, a survey has revealed. The Bristol Teenage Pregnancy Partnership (BTTP) says their research reveals a huge gap between the amount of information adolescents want about sex and the amount they actually receive, with teenagers ...
  6 days ago

• UK: Pupils to be forced to have sex education under age of consent

  
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  Parents are to be forced to allow their children to have sex education before the age of consent, the Government announced today.Under the new laws, when children reach 15 their parents will lose the right to withdraw them from sex education.At present parents can remove their children from lessons about sex until ...
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• UK: Pupils to be forced to have sex education under age of consent

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 133
  Parents are to be forced to allow their children to have sex education before the age of consent, the Government announced today. Under the new laws, when children reach 15 their parents will lose the right to withdraw them from sex education. At present parents can remove their children from lessons about sex until ...
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• Sex education interruptus

  
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  Year 6 sex education at a school in Lambeth. Photograph: David Levene/Guardian A government review has, as expected, ruled that sex education in schools will from 2011 be taught as part of the personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum. This means that children will learn about sex in the broader ...
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• Illinois Curb on Minors’ Abortions Nears

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Officials are expected to decide Wednesday when to begin enforcing a state law requiring doctors to notify a parent of anyone under 18 who seeks an abortion.
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• Schools’ ‘text for morning- after pill’ scheme expands

  
  The Christian Institute News — Authority: 614
  A scheme encouraging schoolgirls as young as 11 to request the morning-after pill by text message is to be expanded.After an initial trial among six secondary schools, Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) hopes to roll out the scheme across the county.The scheme, which allows schoolgirls to text requests for the ...
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• Schools’ ‘text for morning- after pill’ scheme expands

  
  The Christian Institute News — Authority: 614
  A scheme encouraging schoolgirls as young as 11 to request the morning-after pill by text message is to be expanded.After an initial trial among six secondary schools, Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) hopes to roll out the scheme across the county.The scheme, which allows schoolgirls to text requests for the ...
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• ‘Third of young women have unprotected sex’

  
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  A national survey of girls and women aged seven to 21 has revealed that many are concerned about sexually transmitted diseases but too few are taking steps to prevent them. Girlguiding UK quizzed 1,109 girls and women aged seven to 21 on topics including sexual health, binge drinking, eating disorders, plastic ...
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• Nursing Times 2009 (Vol. 105 No. 42)

  
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  Fade Fave: Exploring the evidence on strategies intended to reduce teenage pregnancy rates Fade Skinny: This article outlines the goals of the teenage pregnancy strategy, it’s progress in reducing conceptions over the last 10 years and the evidence in the effectiveness of these policies. Contact the Library ...
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• kiwis must be high in something

  
  Apartheid New Zealand — Authority: 131
  Sure, They Are!kiwis top the world charts in the following categories New Zealand boasts the world’s highest rates of:Child maltreatment deathsCrime Rates – Crime is impacting nearly half a million kiwis each year (NZ pop. is only 4.3 million)Rape victims (Only 9 per cent of all sexual offenses were reported to, ...
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• Boy aged just 13 is set to become a father

  
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  A 13-year-old boy is set to become one of the country’s youngest fathers after his 14-year-old girlfriend became pregnant. The two children, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, attend the same school. But the girl, who is several months pregnant, is in the year above the boy. It is the latest in a history ...
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• Kenya: Practical Measures Needed on Teen Sexual Education

  
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  Kenyan teenagers are having sex. And they appear to have no clue how to go about it. A report by the Nairobi-based Centre for the Study of Adolescents (CSA) reports that 40 percent of girls and 50 percent of boys reported having had sex before their 19th birthday, a significant minority reported having sex with more ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another 13-year-old boy to become a dad

  
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  A boy from Dorset has become the second 13-year-old this month to get his teenage girlfriend pregnant. Earlier this month it was revealed that a boy from Manchester was “chuffed to bits” to be a dad at 13.Now another boy the same age – this time from Dorset – is set to become a father [...]
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• Conservative Religion States Have Higher Teenage Pregnancy Rates

  
  Articles about Condoms and Safe Sex Resources — Authority: 117
  More religion evidently means more teen pregnancy, according to results from a new study. Results from this study that will be published in Reproductive Health show that those states in the U.S. that tend to swing more towards conservative religious beliefs have also tended towards higher teenage pregnancy rates. ...
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• Teen Pregnancy and How To Reclaim Your Life

  
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  Maire Claire Kuja asked: Having a baby remains the greatest gift and feeling in the world and women have been blessed with a womb and everything it takes to have babies. But won’t it be ok to have it at the right time? The ages between ten to nineteen are ages of development which starts differently for every ...
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• Teenage Pregnancy Statistics - What Various Teenagers Say About Teenage Pregnancy

  
  Pregnancy Questions — Authority: 127
  Abhishek Agarwal asked: Girls who are sexually active and in the age group of 15 to 19 usually have partners of the same age or about 3 years older than them. Girls whose partners were older than them by at least 4 years or more consisted of about 25%. While those who became teenage mothers usually had partners ...
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• Leeds ‘needs better sex education’

  
  optimum population trust news watch — Authority: 438
  Sex education in schools in Leeds has not been made a big enough priority, according to the city council’s health scrutiny board. The watchdog said that some teenage girls in the city thought getting pregnant was their “best hope” in life, because they had not received enough education. The council is ...
  3 weeks ago

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