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While You Were Sleeping: Sexually Incriminating Information

Now you know why we voted for him (at least in part): Obama is redirecting all of the abstinence-only money, some $138 million, to the actually-effective methods of sex ed.

Agree with almost every word of this list of the thirteen people/things that ruined it for everyone else, although Jersey could only have been helped by a show as great as the Sopranos.

Fleshbot makes a case for those Rihanna photos-- the ones her people are so upset about-- being fakes...

Posted May 12 2009, 11:17 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s)

Why in the Christ Do You Have a Kid?

A new website called "Why the Fuck Do You Have A Kid?"-- is a sort of baffled liberal person's response to Bristol Palin, Jamie Lynn Spears, and the rest of these raised-by-Christian-conservatives teenage moms.

Of course, it features disturbing photos that say all we ever need to know about their lives.

Posted Mar 31 2009, 09:44 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments

Filed under: kids, pregnant, teen pregnancy, jamie lynn spears, sex education, pregnancy, children, jesus christ, Christian, teenage girls, abstinence, conservative, bristol palin, jamie lynn pregnant

Our Neighbors to the North Get a Blue Ribbon for Sex Education While we FAIL

Sure Canada might have a few questionable practices when it comes to young people and sex—the legal age for consent in the country is 16 while the legal age for consensual anal sex is 18—but the US could surely learn a few things about sex education from our neighbors to the north.

Here in the States, teen pregnancy rates are up for the second year in a row. According to recent statistics, American women have 2.09 children while Canadian women have about 1.6. Thirty percent of that difference is apparently due to teen births in the U.S., and a whopping 90 percent of those thirty percent are unwanted.

What is Canada doing so right that we're doing so wrong?

Posted Mar 25 2009, 12:49 PM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: teen pregnancy, canada, babies having babies, sex education, abstinence, anal sex, age of consent, the US

Happy Abstinence-Only Education Day!

The National Abstinence Education Association is lobbying on Capitol Hill all day today, seeking continued funding for their ineffective, inaccurate, and downright dangerous agenda.

You know what we say here at Scanner, as does Sarah Palin's daughter Trapper Keeper (or whatever her name is): Abstinence -only education makes the belly grow rounder. If you agree, here's what you can do today to fight the power.

Posted Mar 11 2009, 02:25 PM by Colleen Kane with | with no comments

Filed under: congress, feministing, abstinence, sarah palin, abstinence education, abstinence education in public schools, lobbyists, national abstinence education association, trapper keeper, amplify your voice

When "You May Kiss the Bride" Is the First Kiss Ever It's Apparently "Magical"

Claudaniel Fabien and Melody La Luz practice what they preach. You see, they are "abstinence educators" in Chicago (you know, in the public schools) and they have been all kinds of abstinent.

The couple married on Saturday. And had their first kiss right about the time the preacher said "You may kiss the bride," because they didn't want to get too close to temptation.

So, what was it like to finally lock lips?

Posted Dec 01 2008, 02:47 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Top 3 Reasons "Twilight" Isn't Cool…or Sexy... or Worth Your $10

1. Mormons
2. Abstinence
3. There’s a better vampire movie you should be watching

Reason #1: Never let devout religious people teach or describe sex to you. It’s like having George Bush explain his foreign policy (a bunch of cautionary bullshit and no results). Stephanie Meyer is a Mormon. Yes, those guys who helped spearhead the anti-gay “Yes on Prop 8” campaign… and by the way, who the hell are they to talk about marriage?

How Mormon is she?

Posted Nov 24 2008, 05:13 PM by Scanner Matt with | with 3 comment(s)

Today in WTF: Virginity Pledges Actually Work?

According to a new study (that we're thinking might have been funded by neocons?), virginity pledges could be an effective way of keeping teenagers celibate until marriage. If you consider engaging in "sexual behaviors that fall short of full intercourse" staying true to one's pledge.

Posted Jun 11 2008, 11:11 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Filed under: virginity, neocons, abstinence, abstinence only education, virginity pledges

Abstinence-Only Tip Of The Week: A cup of Bleach A Day Keeps The AIDS Away

Thanks to abstinence only education, teens in Florida now know that all you need is one cupful of bleach to treat your AIDS. See how it works after the jump.

Posted Apr 07 2008, 02:10 PM by Katie Halper with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: sex ed, sex education, florida, aids, abstinence, bleach, drink bleach for AIDS, abstinence only education, HIV, T Cells

Abstinence-Only Education Doesn't Work

Shocking, shocking news from the Journal of Adolescent Health: teenagers who receive comprehensive sex education are half as likely get knocked up. Really? You don't say.

Posted Mar 27 2008, 01:38 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Filed under: babies having babies, jamie lynn spears, jamie lynn spears' baby, studies, abstinence, teenage pregnancy

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