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Quinn to decide whether birth control must be taught in sex ed classes
— Illinois public schools that teach sex education would be required to provide students information about birth control under a measure sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a departure from current policy, in which abstinence...
Tags: Elections, Education, Teaching and Learning, Heather Steans, Students
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Birth control in sex ed classes passes Illinois Senate
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Illinois public schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control under a measure the Senate sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a change from current policy, where...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Education, Illinois Governor, Illinois General Assembly, Birth Control
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Lung Cancer, Richard Nixon
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Autism, Psychiatrists, Medical Research, Symptoms
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, Judges, Plan B (drug), Crime, Law and Justice
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Plan B pill age change a big risk, official says
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.The Director of the local Pregnancy Help Center spoke about the health and social risks she felt could be issues now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B One-Step over the counter to...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Family, Women's Health, Walmart, Abortion
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Condoms for prisoners and porn stars debated by Legislature
Los Angeles Daily NewsTwo bills are pending in the state Legislature that promote and expand the use of condoms by two very different groups of people -- porn stars and prisoners -- each based on programs that are already in place in Los Angeles. One would require actors...Tags: Pornography, Isadore Hall, III, Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Celebrities
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Condom vending machines coming to LC
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.Condom vending machines will return to Lynchburg College in the fall. Although condoms always are available to students for free through the school's health center and resident advisors in the dorms, more than a decade has passed since the school has...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Students, Diseases and Illnesses
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Getting to responsible sexual health education
As Illinois lawmakers prepare to vote on comprehensive sex education for Illinois' youth (House Bill 2675), they should consider the experience of a young woman who was victimized twice — once by a rapist and again by the inaccurate, ideologically...
Tags: Sexual Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Birth Control
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Abortion in the classrooms
The Free Press, Kinston, N.C.A bill filed in February to include abortion education in students' health care studies advanced through the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday. Under Health Curriculum/Preterm Birth, North Carolina public schools health instructors will be required...Tags: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Medical Research
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Chastity the only answer for STDs
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends Plan B for all sexually active adolescents, giving tacit approval to promiscuous lifestyles. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that there are 700,000 new cases of gonorrhea in the U.S. annually, with...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diamond, American Academy of Pediatrics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Armed Forces
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Genesis Community Health Center expands into Delray Beach
After four years treating and serving patients in Boynton Beach, Genesis Community Health Center, a nonprofit agency providing health care to the under served and uninsured in Palm Beach County, will add a new satellite location in Delray Beach, within...Tags: Boynton Beach, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Delray Beach, Behavioral Conditions, High Blood Pressure
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