Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
Some teenagers are stupid! And some are just uninformed. They NEED to start giving us the real facts or kids will be killing themselves trying to stay healthy. I wrote about teen pregnancy and sex education previously here and here and here.
Nobody Could Have Predicted…
from Eschaton by Atrios
And on and on…
ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent […]
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Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
On Blogging for Choice day, the 35th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision on abortion, I wrote a post for my other blog about anti-abortion eighth graders at a Catholic school. That post was read on the air and discussed on the Head On Radio Network, and you can hear the whole discussion […]
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Filed under: Abortion, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Moral Issues, Opinion, Politics, Religion, Women's Rights, schools, sex education, teen pregnancy, teens
Posted on January 6th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
I wrote about this issue once before. I am very glad that I got the vaccine and I hope that other states will do what Texas has done. Health care is more important than scaring girls into being celibate.
Here’s the update:
After controversy, more HPV vaccinations, doctors say
from Star-Telegram
Some pediatricians say last year’s controversy over […]
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Filed under: Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Health, Politics, sex education, teen pregnancy, teens
Posted on December 20th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
So, the new research on sex education shows that if y’all bother to teach us the real facts of sex education, we tend to be more responsible about sex and even to wait longer before we start. So, of course the right wingers prefer not to teach us and just hope we do what they […]
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Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
What age is old enough to have sex? When are we old enough to have babies? Is statutory rape a fair law? Is a 9th grade girl with a 19-year-old boyfriend different from two high school seniors, one at 17 and one 19? What about kids who come from countries where lots of people […]
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Filed under: Abortion, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Women's Rights, Young Adult Issues, kids, sex education, teen pregnancy, teens
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