SIECUS - Articles http://www.siecus.com/ Articles from SIECUS Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 en President Barack Obama Unveils National HIV/AIDS Strategy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1915 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1915 HIV Testing for Teens Not Being Implemented as Recommended http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1921 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1921 Argentina Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1916 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1916 After 65 Years, United Nations Establishes Central Agency for Women http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1918 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1918 Provincetown, Massachusetts Passes New Condom Availability Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1919 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1919 Pentagon Survey in Preparation for Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Denounced http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1917 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1917 SIECUS Releases the Fiscal Year 2009 Edition of the State Profiles http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1903 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1903 Denver Public Schools Board Unanimously Passes Comprehensive Sexuality Education Resolution http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1904 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1904 Florida Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Pre-Abortion Ultrasounds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1905 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1905 Senate to Vote on Repeal of Restrictive Military Abortion Ban http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1906 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1906 Philippines Implement Sexuality Education in Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1909 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1909 Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program Leader Runs for District of Columbia City Council At-Large Seat http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1910 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1910 Efforts to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Continue http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1911 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1911 Despite Early Signs of Resistance, FIFA Allows Condom Distribution at the World Cup http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1913 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1913 World Bank Launches Reproductive Health Action Plan http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1894 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1894 Supreme Court Nominee Encouraged Clinton’s Support of Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1895 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1895 New Study Shows Teenage Unintended Pregnancy Rates Significantly Higher Than Previously Thought http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1896 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1896 The Pill Turns Fifty http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1897 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1897 Comprehensive Sex Education Legislation Progresses in Louisiana and Pennsylvania http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1898 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1898 Oklahoma Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1899 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1899 UN Secretary-General Launches New Initiative on Reproductive, Maternal, and Newborn Health http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1886 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1886 Amid Victory in Wisconsin, Local DA Wrongly Threatens Legal Prosecution for Teaching Comprehensive Sex Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1887 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1887 Arizona School District Adds Condom Instruction to Sex Education Curriculum as Legislature Seeks to Make Sex Education Less Accessible http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1888 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1888 Dubious Medical Association Encourages Educators to Consult Anti-LGBTQ Internet Site http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1889 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1889 California Teen Birth Rate Falls to Record Low, Officials Credit Comprehensive Sex Education as a Factor http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1875 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1875 New CDC Analysis Shows Severe Disparities in HIV and Syphilis Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1876 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1876 DC to Distribute Free Female Condoms to Combat HIV/AIDS Epidemic http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1877 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1877 South Africa Approves New HIV/AIDS Plan http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1878 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1878 Protection from Employment Discrimination Jeopardized for Virginia’s LGBT Population http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1879 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1879 President Releases Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1870 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1870 Obama Administration Announces New Members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1863 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1863 Mississippi Sex Education Bill: New Strategy to Address the State’s Poor Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Maintains Ineffective Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Approach http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1867 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1867 Congress Introduces the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1865 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1865 Kentucky House Bill Calls for a More Comprehensive Approach to Sex Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1866 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1866 New Abstinence-Only Program Demonstrates Success; Does Not Impact Overwhelming Evidence Proving Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Ineffective http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1868 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1868 Obama Administration Takes Steps to End “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1869 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1869 Anti-Homosexuality Bill under Consideration in Uganda http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1871 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1871 Secretary of State Commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the ICPD http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1872 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1872 Utah Lawmakers and Community Organizations Work to Improve Sexuality Education Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1860 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1860 Congress Completes Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1839 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1839 PEPFAR Five-year Strategy Released http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1840 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1840 Baltimore City Council Requires ‘Truth in Advertising’ for Local Crisis Pregnancy Centers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1841 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1841 Florida School Board Adopts Comprehensive Sexuality Education Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1842 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1842 Revisions Passed to Oregon Administrative Rule Further Strengthens the State’s Comprehensive Sex Education Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1843 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1843 Students Dissatisfied with Sexuality Education in Washington, D.C. Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1844 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1844 House Passes Health Care Reform Bill http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1834 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1834 President Obama Ends Discriminatory and Ineffective HIV Travel Entry Ban http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1835 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1835 Comprehensive Sex Ed Bill Passes Wisconsin Assembly http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1836 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1836 Despite Some Progress, LGBTQ Obama Supporters Point to Campaign Promises http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1837 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1837 High-Level Meeting Declares Family Planning Critical to Overcoming Maternal Mortality http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1838 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1838 Senate Finance Committee Votes to Fund Comprehensive Sex Education; Restore Failed Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1816 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1816 Rising Teen Pregnancy Rates Steer Texas School Districts away from Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1817 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1817 FDA Approves HPV Vaccine to Prevent Genital Warts in Boys and Young Men http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1818 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1818 Ambassador Goosby Convenes NGO Forum at State Department to Discuss PEPFAR http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1819 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1819 NGO Forum in Berlin Marks 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1820 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1820 CDC Weighs Consideration of Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Tool http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1806 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1806 Advocates Fear Rise in Rates as HIV/AIDS Funding is Slashed from California Budget http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1807 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1807 Secretary of State Clinton Addresses HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Gender-Based Violence during Visit to Africa http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1808 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1808 Utah Sex Ed Bill Reveals Need for Comprehensive Education in Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1809 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1809 SIECUS Celebrates the Life and Accomplishments of Senator Edward M. Kennedy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1810 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1810 Participants in Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultations Seek to Advance Sexuality Education and Ensure Safe Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1811 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1811 CDC Reports on Teen Sexual Health Trends: Progress Has Slowed http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1794 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1794 Healthy Teen Initiative Amendment Passed as Part of Health Care Reform Legislation http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1795 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1795 Senate Eliminates Existing Abstinence-Only Funding; Invests in Evidence-Based Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1796 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1796 Ambassador Goosby Begins to Reveal New Directions in U.S. Global HIV/AIDS Policy Agenda at the International AIDS Society Conference http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1797 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1797 Common Ground Bill Seeks to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy, Reduce the Need for Abortions, and Support Parents http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1798 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1798 Audit Report Shows Former Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Grant Coordinator Misused Funds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1799 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1799 House Zeros out Existing Abstinence-Only Funding; Invests in Evidence-Based Prevention Efforts http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1786 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1786 American Medical Association Renews Its Support of Comprehensive Sex Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1787 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1787 35th G8 Summit: Advocacy Groups urge G8 leaders to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Programs and to Invest in Women’s Health http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1788 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1788 FDA Lowers Age for Over-the-Counter Access of EC and Approves New One-Pill Version http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1789 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1789 New Report Shows Positive Results for Comprehensive Sex Education Program in Cleveland Public Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1790 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1790 Louisiana Expands Conscience Laws for Health Care Workers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1791 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1791 Indian High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Acts http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1792 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1792 Ministerial Meeting in Jamaica Reaffirms Commitment to Sex Education and HIV Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1772 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1772 Economy, Lack of Resources Dominate Conversation at 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers Meeting http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1771 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1771 ACLU: Ideologically Based Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program Is out of Line with Science and State Law http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1773 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1773 New Sex Ed Laws pass in Oregon and North Carolina http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1774 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1774 In Wake of Provider’s Death, Abortion Access, Related Violence Feared http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1775 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1775 President Obama Nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1776 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1776 Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1750 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1750 President Obama Creates Global Health Initiative http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1751 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1751 New Washington Law Requires State to Apply for Funds Supporting Proven Interventions http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1752 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1752 African First Ladies Champion Women’s Health and Rights at US Summit http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1753 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1753 California Planned Parenthood Confronts Local School Board over Suspension of Sex-Ed Funds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1742 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1742 State of Sex Ed in Illinois Supports Needed End to Abstinence-Only Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1743 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1743 United States Renews Support for Reproductive Rights at United Nations http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1744 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1744 Obama Administration Moves to Rescind Controversial HHS Refusal Rule http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1745 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1745 Reproductive Rights Community Wins Huge Victory with Court Order on Plan B http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1746 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1746 Melanne Verveer Appointed First Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1729 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1729 New Comprehensive Sex Education Curriculum Passes in Pittsburgh Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1730 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1730 Current Legislative Session Reveals Trend toward Comprehensive Sex Education Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1731 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1731 Obama Signs Fiscal Year 2009 Spending Bill; Provides First-Ever Cut to Abstinence-Only Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1732 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1732 REAL Act Introduced to Fund Comprehensive Sex Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1733 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1733 The United States Government Declares Support for the UN Statement on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1734 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1734 Rocky Mountain State Hosts the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change Conference http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1637 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1637 Commemorating National Black AIDS Awareness Day http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1642 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1642 New CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report for 2007 http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1644 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1644 President Obama Reverses the Global Gag Rule http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1646 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1646 Help Wanted: Visionary Leadership Needed to Fill Global AIDS Coordinator Post http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1647 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1647 New Report on Florida Supports Need for Passage of the Healthy Teens Act http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1648 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1648 New HHS Secretary Nominated; Lack of HHS Secretary Has Created a “Leadership Void” http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1649 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1649 Maine Reproductive Health Campaign Hopes to Protect Minors’ Right to Birth Control http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1576 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1576 Two Top Ab-Only Purveyors Merge amidst Murky Future for Failed Industry http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1577 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1577 Paradigm shift needed to remedy PEPFAR’s shortcomings http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1578 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1578 FDA Issued Final Labeling Rules of Male Latex Condoms: Condoms Reduce Risk of HPV http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1575 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1575 Waxman’s Letter to HHS Says Proposed Conscience Rule Violates Federal Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1513 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1513 Uganda Parliamentary Committee Drafts Bill to Criminalize Known HIV Transmission http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1517 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1517 National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education (NCSSE) Holds Biannual Meeting http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1519 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1519 Sexuality Education in UK Schools: Compulsory through Statutory Safeguard http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1521 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1521 Study Finds Correlation between Watching Sex on TV and Teen Pregnancy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1526 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1526 2008 Election Concludes with Democratic Victories Across the Nation; Young People Will Win Big http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1527 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1527 Election 2008 Ballot Measures Offer Mixed Results http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1529 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1529 SIECUS Releases 2008 PEPFAR Country Profile Updates: Shows Rise of Abstinence-Only Providers Around the World http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1496 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1496 Poll Shows DC Parents Strongly Support Comprehensive Sex Education in Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1497 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1497 SIECUS Releases New Reviews of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Curricula http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1498 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1498 Ohio Coalition Pushes for Comprehensive Sex Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1499 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1499 HHS Proposed Regulations Threaten Reproductive Health Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1473 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1473 Landmark Decision by Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Law http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1476 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1476 Media Spotlight on Teen Pregnancy and Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1478 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1478 ACF Pushes Failed Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program in Native American Communities http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1481 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1481 Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania Re-Applies for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1482 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1482 Political Ad Distorts Illinois Sex Education Bill http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1483 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1483 The 17th International AIDS Conference Highlights Human Rights Need For HIV Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1464 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1464 Judge Rules against PEPFAR Anti-Prostitution Pledge http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1466 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1466 SIECUS Releases the Fiscal Year 2007 Edition of the SIECUS State Profiles http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1467 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1467 First Meeting of Ministers of Education and Health to Stop HIV and STIs in Latin America and the Caribbean takes place in Mexico City http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1468 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1468 Administration for Children and Families Releases Disingenuous Application Announcement for Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1410 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1410 SIECUS Releases Special Report on Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs in Kentucky http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1411 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1411 G8 Meeting Yields Continued Commitment to Fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1412 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1412 Revised Estimate of HIV/AIDS Incidence Puts New HIV Infections to 56,300 Annually http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1413 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1413 Crisis Pregnancy Centers Lose Funding Source with the Rejection of Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs in 25 States http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1414 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1414 Revised New Hampshire Bill Expands Requirements for Health Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1415 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1415 Disappointing Version of PEPFAR Reauthorized http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1416 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1416 High Level Meeting on AIDS Takes Place at the United Nations http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1165 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1165 Abstinence Only Until Marriage Industry Launches Fundraising Campaign http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1166 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1166 Restrictive Sex Ed Policy in Utah Hampers Youth’s Ability to Practice Sexual Health http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1167 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1167 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Held in Uganda http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1168 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1168 Pregnancy Boom in a Massachusetts Fishing Town Reveals Lack of Resources and Policy Support Provided to Teens http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1169 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1169 CDC Releases 2007 YRBSS, Shows Racial and Geographic Differences in Youth Sexual Health Behaviors http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1170 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1170 The World Bank Releases an Agenda for Action: Fighting the AIDS Epidemic in Africa http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1158 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1158 South Carolina Governor Vetoes Funding for Abstinence Only Until Marriage Provider http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1159 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1159 North Carolina Sets Comprehensive Sexuality Education Standards http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1160 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1160 Same-Sex Marriage Ban Lifted in California http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1161 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1161 The National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education Holds First Biannual Meeting of 2008 http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1162 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1162 State Legislatures Move Closer to Progressive Sexuality Education Laws http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1147 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1147 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Holds First-Ever Hearings on Abstinence Only Until Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1144 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1144 The Council of Europe Votes for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion in Europe http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1148 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1148 Hopkins Health Database Briefly Restricted the Use of “Abortion” in Academic Searches http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1146 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1146 AIDS Alabama and SIECUS Release Special Report http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1143 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1143 Integrated Plan of Action Addresses the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Malawian Youth http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1145 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1145 California and Minnesota Advance Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1131 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1131 Oklahoma Rejects Sexuality Education Bill Requiring Opt-In Policy and Banning Pro-Choice Groups http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1142 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1142 CDC Releases New Reports Showing an Increase in STD Prevalence, Increase In HIV Cases http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1137 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1137 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Held at United Nations http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1139 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1139 Conference Examines Women’s HIV/AIDS Risks in Pakistan http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1138 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1138 U.S. District Court Dismisses Lawsuit against FDA over Nonprescription Sales of Plan B http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1140 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1140 Editorials across the Country Voice Support for Comprehensive Sex Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1141 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1141 European Parliament Hearing on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in the Global South http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1021 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1021 European Parliament Holds Public Hearing on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1022 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1022 HIV Ban Repealed By State Department on Foreign Service Officers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1023 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1023 Iowa Becomes 17th State to Reject Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1024 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1024 Committee Details Continued Racial Disparities in U.S. Reproductive Health Care http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1025 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1025 Connecticut Considers Grants for Health Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1130 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1130 New Committees Bring Potential for New Opportunities in the 110th Congress, Part 2 http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=969 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=969 Arizona Rejects Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=899 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=899 President Releases Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request; Cuts Critical Healthcare Program; Requests Huge Increase for Abstinence-Only Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=900 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=900 Florida Considers Comprehensive Sexuality Education Legislation http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=901 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=901 International Conference Held to Address Global Health Worker Shortages http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=902 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=902 State in Focus: The Status of Sexuality Education in Illinois http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=903 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=903 New Mexico Abstinence Coalition Sues Governor for Allegedly Withholding Information about Abstinence-Only Funds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1090 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1090 New Mexico Rejects Title V Federal Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=905 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=905 Congress’ 2007 Endgame Brings Good and Bad News for Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=906 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=906 After More Than a Decade of Decline Teenage Birthrates Climb http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=907 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=907 HIV Travel Ban: New Regulation Draws Outrage from Advocates and Policymaker http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=904 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=904 The United Nations Convenes Special Session to Discuss A World Fit for Children http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=908 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=908 Congress Passes Six-Month Extension of Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=909 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=909 Sex Education Requirement is Not Enough: Study Reveals Lack of Consistency in Florida Schools http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=911 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=911 District of Columbia Releases Startling AIDS Statistics; Adopts Comprehensive Sexuality Education Standards http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=910 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=910 More Bad News for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=912 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=912 UNAIDS Report Revises Global HIV/AIDS Estimates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=913 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=913 The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Reports a Rise in HIV/AIDS Cases in Europe http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=914 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=914 The Politics of HIV/AIDS Prevention 2008: Presidential Candidates Provide Views on Sex Education, Needle Exchange, National AIDS Plan, PEPFAR http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=915 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=915 Virginia Rejects Title V Federal Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=916 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=916 Recent California Legislation Supports Sex Ed http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=918 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=918 Fiscal Year 2008 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Moves Through Congress;President Vetoes Bill that Includes $28 Million Increase for CBAE http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=919 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=919 Birth Control Critic and Former Director of Family Research Council Appointed to Oversee Title X Family Planning Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=921 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=921 UN Releases New Financial Resources Report for HIV/AIDS http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=922 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=922 New York Upholds Law Concerning Contraceptive Access and Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=917 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=917 International Human Rights Case Targets Teen STAR Program in Croatia http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=920 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=920 Senate Votes to Repeal the Global Gag Rule, President Threatens http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=923 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=923 The Politics of Health 2008: The Candidates on Health Care http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=924 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=924 New York Rejects Title V Federal Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=925 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=925 NAEA Launches Media Campaign Against Massachusetts Governor http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=926 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=926 The National Abortion Debate Come to Aurora, Illinois http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=927 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=927 Congress Temporarily Extends Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=928 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=928 The Politics of Sexuality 2008: The Candidates’ Views Uncovered http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=929 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=929 South African President Fires Deputy Health Minister and AIDS Activist Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=930 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=930 PEPFAR to Fund Male Circumcision Programs as Prevention Strategy in Some African Countries http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=931 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=931 Oklahoma Legislature Expands State Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=932 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=932 House Proposes Important Fixes with Reauthorization of Title V Abstinence-Only Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=933 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=933 Study Finds that Abstinence-Only Programs Do Not Affect Rates of HIV Infection, Sexual Behavior http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=934 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=934 Election 2008: Fred Thompson and the Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=935 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=935 Plan B Sales Surge After FDA Authorizes Over-the-Counter Access http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=936 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=936 New Evidence on Youth Sexual Behavior Suggest a New Direction Is Needed http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=937 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=937 House passes Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Spending Bill http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=938 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=938 Surgeon General Nominee Holsinger Testifies He Would Resign if Politically Pressured; Former Surgeon General Carmona Says Administration Suppressed His Opinions http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=939 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=939 Female Genital Mutilation May Persist Despite Attempts to Curtail It http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=940 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=940 A Debate over Sexuality Education Heats Up in Brevard County, Florida http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=941 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=941 SIECUS Releases the Fiscal Year 2006 Edition of the SIECUS State Profiles http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=942 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=942 Mixed Bag on Funding Decisions from House and Senate http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=943 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=943 AIDS Care Crisis in Puerto Rico http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=944 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=944 Administration on Children and Families’ Report Attacks Comprehensive Sexuality Education Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=945 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=945 Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Continues to Blur the Intent of Its Own Guidance for Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=946 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=946 Vatican Criticizes Newly Unveiled Amnesty Abortion Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=947 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=947 House Approves Bill That Would Allow for Waiver of PEPFAR’s Abstinence Spending Requirements http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=948 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=948 Sexuality Education Victories in Colorado and Kansas http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=949 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=949 President Bush Announces Request for $30 billion for PEPFAR http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=950 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=950 Polls in California and Ohio Show Support for Comprehensive Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=951 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=951 CDC Lowers Goal of Reducing HIV Transmission Rates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=952 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=952 ACLU, Advocates for Youth, and SIECUS Call on Government to Stop Funding Medically Inaccurate and Incomplete Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=953 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=953 Studies Show Marriage Can Be a Risk Factor for Acquiring HIV http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=954 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=954 Federal Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Proven Ineffective in Delaying Sexual Activity among Young People http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=955 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=955 U.S. Supreme Court Rule Federal Abortion Ban Constitutional http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=956 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=956 Mexico City Legalizes Abortion http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=957 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=957 No Clear Definition of Family Life Education in Tennessee http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=958 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=958 Developing Countries Need to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts; Access to Antiretroviral Treatment Not Sufficient http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=959 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=959 Recent Legislation in Iowa and Washington Advances Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Utah Legislation Restricts Them http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=960 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=960 Federal Legislation Advances Human Rights for LGBTQ Americans http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=961 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=961 Prevention Against Transmission of HIV to Women and Youth (PATHWAY) Act of 2007 Introduced http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=962 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=962 Senator Lautenberg and Representatives Lee and Shays Introduce the Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=963 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=963 Institute of Medicine Releases PEPFAR Report http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=964 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=964 Landmark Abortion Decision by European Court of Human Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=965 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=965 Wisconsin and Ohio Reject Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Title V Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=966 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=966 NYC and DC Distribute City Sanctioned Condoms http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=967 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=967 Fiscal Year 2007 Appropriations Completed as Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Released http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=968 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=968 Montgomery County School Board Approves New Sexuality Education Curriculum http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=970 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=970 Recent Legislation in New York and Washington Advances Sexuality Education; Missouri Legislation Moves to Tighten Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=971 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=971 Portugal Set to Legalize Abortions http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=972 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=972 Rwandan Government Proposes Legislation Limiting Family Size http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=973 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=973 States Consider Mandating HPV Vaccine http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=974 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=974 New Report Highlights Challenges for PEPFAR in Vietnam http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=975 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=975 Prevention First Act Introduced http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=976 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=976 New Committees Bring Potential for New Opportunities in the 110th Congress http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=977 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=977 SIECUS and Partners Host Summit for State Advocates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1087 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1087 Bush Orders Easing of Travel Restrictions on HIV-Positive Foreigners http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1088 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1088 National Institutes of Health Halts Two Studies on Male Circumcision and HIV http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1089 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1089 Office of Global AIDS Coordinator Releases Report on PEPFAR Activities on Gender Based Violence http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1091 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1091 Rhode Island Reconsidering Abstinence Curriculum http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1092 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1092 World AIDS Day 2006: REAL Sexuality Education is HIV Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1093 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1093 UNAIDS Report: Lack of Comprehensive Prevention Knowledge among Young People Contributes to Increase in HIV in PEPFAR Focus Countries http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1094 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1094 Center for Reproductive Rights Can Subpoena White House http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1095 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1095 Measures Supporting Same-Sex Unions in South Africa and Mexico http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1096 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1096 Proposed Constitutional Amendment Continues Poland’s Assault on Sexual and Reproductive Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1097 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1097 Bush Administration Appoints Anti-Choice, Anti-Contraception, Anti-Sexuality Education Doctor to Head U.S. Family Planning Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1098 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1098 New GAO Report Documents Failure of Oversight for Federally Funded Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1099 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1099 Research Finds Americans Favor Comprehensive Sexuality Education Over Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1100 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1100 World Bank Report Says Abstinence-Until-Marriage Messages Alone Are Ineffective http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1101 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1101 United Nations Report Emphasizes Consequences of Worldwide Violence against Women http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1102 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1102 The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Releases National and State-by-State Figures on the Costs of Teen Pregnancy to Taxpayers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1103 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1103 New Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships Released http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1104 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1104 The Capital Compassion Fund Grants $58 Million To Faith-Based Organizations Around The Country http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1105 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1105 Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Prison Condoms Distribution Bill http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1106 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1106 New Jersey Governor Rejects Federal Funding for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1107 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1107 New GAO Finding Says HHS in Violation of the Law as a Result of Medically Inaccurate Information about Condoms in Abstinence-Only Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1108 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1108 SIECUS Releases New Reviews of Commonly Used, Federally Funded Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Curricula http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1109 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1109 California Family Planning Program Successfully Averts Thousands of Unplanned Pregnancies http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1110 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1110 Anti-Choice Groups Target People of Color http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1111 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1111 Article Details HIV/AIDS Infection Among Young People http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1112 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1112 India Plans to Primarily Promote Condom Use for HIV Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1113 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1113 New Report Outlines Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health and Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1114 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1114 House Democrats Introduce Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1115 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1115 Representatives Question Abstinence-Until-Marriage Funding Requirement http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1116 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1116 A Close Vote on Sexuality Education in the Senate http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1117 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1117 South Carolina Comprehensive Sexuality Education Program Successfully Lowers Teen Pregnancy Rate http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1118 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1118 FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Access to Plan B for Women 18 Years and Older; Young Women Still Require Prescription http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1119 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1119 CREW Requests IRS Review of Abstinence Clearinghouse http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1120 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1120 Growing epidemic of HIV/AIDS among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) In Asian-Pacific Countries http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1121 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1121 Senators Agree: No Increase for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1122 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1122 Depressed Teens More Likely to Engage in Risky Sex http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1123 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1123 Missouri Gives Tax Credits for Crisis Pregnancy Centers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1124 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1124 SIECUS Releases New Edition of State Profiles http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1125 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1125 Study Shows Male Circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa May Help Prevent Spread of HIV http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1126 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1126 Specter Brings Pork Back to the Table for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs in Pennsylvania http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1127 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1127 Federally Funded Crisis Pregnancy Centers Provide False and Misleading Information about Abortion; Money Funneled through Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding Streams http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1128 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1128 Annual UNAIDS Report Opposes Abstinence-Only Approach to Young People’s HIV Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1307 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1307 House Appropriations Committee Approves Level Funding for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs; Denies President’s Requested Increase http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1308 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1308 Former FDA Commissioner Testifies; He Expected Decision on Plan B by Now http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1309 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1309 Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act Introduced in the House http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1310 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1310 The FDA Approves Use of HPV Vaccine http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1311 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1311 Vatican Condemns Abortion, Contraception, and In Vitro Fertilization http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1312 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1312 Youth Survey Present Mixed Picture of Sexual Behaviors http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1313 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1313 At the United Nations, the U.S. Once Again Opposes the Role of Evidence in HIV Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1314 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1314 Web Filtering in Palm Beach, FL: Schools Blocks Access to LGBT Sites http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1315 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1315 Massachusetts to Change Use of Title V Funds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1316 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1316 Secret White House Meeting on Plan B http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1317 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1317 CDC Censors Panel at the 2006 National STD Prevention Conference http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1318 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1318 States’ Legislative Sessions Draw to a Close http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1319 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1319 Marriage Promotion for Refugees Living in the U.S. http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1320 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1320 Chicago Public Schools Adopt Comprehensive Sexuality Education Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1321 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1321 Brazil: An Inspiration and Model for HIV/AIDS Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1322 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1322 Congress Takes Aim at Crisis Pregnancy Centers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1323 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1323 Condom Interventions Do Not Lead to Earlier Sex, More Sex, or More Partners http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1324 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1324 South African Political Figure’s Trial Brings HIV/AIDS and Violence Against Women to the Fore http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1325 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1325 With New STD Statistics, State and Local Health Departments Are Instigating Change http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1326 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1326 Rhode Island Department of Education Takes Stand Against Abstinence-Only Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1327 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1327 Nigeria to Outlaw Same-Sex Marriage http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1328 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1328 GAO Report finds Frustration and Confusion in Countries Receiving U.S. Assistance for HIV/AIDS http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1329 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1329 Gay-Straight Alliance Banned in North Carolina, Challenge Expected http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1330 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1330 South Dakota Passes Bill to Ban Abortion http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1331 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1331 Two State Boards of Education Attempt to Limit Students’ Access to Information http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1332 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1332 UNAIDS Program on Prevention: The More Education, the Less HIV http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1333 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1333 UNGASS +5 Review Meeting Provides Forum for Youth Voices http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1334 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1334 FDA to Review Ban on Blood Donations by Gay Men http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1335 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1335 EC Roundup: A Trio of Recent Developments http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1336 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1336 After Reexamination, Kelso, WA Decides Against Abstinence-Only http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1337 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1337 LGBT Health Website Censored After Complaints from the Radical Right http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1338 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1338 Women Sue Wal-Mart over Access to Emergency Contraception http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1339 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1339 HHS Releases Extreme Version of Abstinence-Only Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1340 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1340 President Releases Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1341 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1341 States Open 2006 Legislative Sessions: Legislative Highlights from the States http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1342 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1342 BBC Rejects U.S. AIDS Money Over Ideological Restrictions http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1343 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1343 Latest PEPFAR Report Maintains Abstinence Until Marriage Promotion is at the Forefront of U.S. HIV-prevention Initiatives Worldwide http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1344 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1344 U.S. Officials Travel to Africa Bearing the Anti-Sexual Health Message of U.S. Foreign Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1345 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1345 Tampa Schools Reviewing Abstinence-Only Speakers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1346 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1346 Society for Adolescent Medicine Denounces Abstinence-Only as Medically and Ethically Indefensible http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1347 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1347 Sauerbrey Appointed: Advocates Await First Acts and Replacement at the United Nations http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1348 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1348 Candidates Support Comprehensive Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1349 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1349 Californians Overwhelmingly Support Comprehensive Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1350 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1350 Bush Judicial Nominations Watch http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1351 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1351 On World AIDS Day: the European Union and United States Emerge on Opposite Sides of the HIV-Prevention Debate http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1242 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1242 Ryan White CARE Act Expires: Reauthorization, Funding Status to be Determined http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1243 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1243 Senate Passes Medical Accuracy Amendment; House Forces It Out in Conference http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1244 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1244 Two Rulings Support the Rights of LGBTQ Youth http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1245 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1245 Another FDA Expert Resigns in Protest over Plan B Non-Decision; Legislators Urge Acting FDA Commissioner to Approve Over-the-Counter Status http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1246 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1246 Microbicide Development Act Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1247 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1247 State of the World Population Report Calls for Comprehensive Reproductive Health Programming http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1248 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1248 States and Groups Provide Sexual Health Care and Social Services to Hurricane Katrina Victims http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1249 Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1249 Vaccine Shown to be Highly Effective in Preventing Cervical Cancer http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1250 Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1250 New CDC Data on American Youth and Adult Sexual Behaviors http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1251 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1251 World Summit Outcome Fails to Make Progress on Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1252 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1252 Kansas Board of Education Deadlocks on Opt-In Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1253 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1253 Politics of Emergency Contraception Continue: Fallout at the Food and Drug Administration http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1254 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1254 Groups File Formal Complaint Against Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1255 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1255 DKT International Sues to Continue HIV-Prevention Outreach with Sex Workers http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1257 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1257 Congressman Waxman Encourages the FDA to Examine New Research on HPV and Condoms http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1260 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1260 Governors Across the Country Rule on Emergency Contraception Access http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1256 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1256 Report Finds Major Flaws in Washington, DC’s Handling of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1258 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1258 Nigeria Working to Implement Comprehensive Sexuality Education as Part of HIV Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1259 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1259 Senate Approves Minimal Increase for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs, Includes Language Directing Review of www.4parents.gov http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1264 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1264 Montreal Declaration “Sexual Health for The Millennium” Brings New Advocacy Voices http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1265 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1265 Two New Studies Document Public Health Benefits of Condoms and Emergency Contraception http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1261 Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1261 Tennessee Moves to Investigate “Ex-Gay” Camp http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1262 Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1262 U.S.-Based Aid Groups Receive Ultimatum: Pledge Your Opposition to Prostitution and Sex Trafficking or Do Without Federal Funds http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1263 Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1263 House of Representatives Approves Increase in Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding, Well Below President's Request http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1267 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1267 Texas Fetal Protection Law Sends 19-year-old to Prison for Life http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1268 Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1268 Advocates in Ohio Expose the Reality of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1266 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1266 Young People Use Films to Advocate for Comprehensive Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1269 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1269 Federal Bills Aim to Fund Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, and Repair http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1270 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1270 Language Politics Promote Anti-Choice Agenda http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1271 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1271 U.S. HIV/AIDS Funding Restrictions at Odds with Vietnamese National Policy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1273 Fri, 06 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1273 May 2005 Legislative Reports http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1018 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1018 Prevention First Introduced in House of Representatives Without REAL Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1272 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1272 Montgomery County, MD Cancels Controversial Sexuality Education Program http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1274 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1274 Illinois Moves to Ensure Pharmacy Access http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1275 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1275 House Passes Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, Amid Controversy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1276 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1276 Unlikely Activists Kick off the Campaign to End AIDS; Drop 8,500 Pairs of Shoes at the President's Doorstep http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1277 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1277 Brazil Rejects U.S. HIV/AIDS Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1278 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1278 Oklahoma House of Representatives Passes Anti-Gay Book Ban http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1279 Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1279 Communities Fighting Back Against Kansas Hate Group http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1283 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1283 Senate Votes In Favor of the World's Women and Against the Global Gag Rule http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1284 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1284 South Carolina-Based Heritage Community Services Expanding their Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program Domestically and Internationally http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1285 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1285 U.S. Government Appropriating the Uganda Success Story, New Human Rights Watch Report Reveals http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1286 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1286 Debate Continues Surrounding Kansas Attorney General's Subpoena for Medical Records: Women's Right to Privacy at Forefront http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1287 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1287 New Study Says Comprehensive Sexuality Education is Needed to Address Growing Number of Young Teens Having Oral Sex http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1288 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1288 Workplace Religious Freedom Act: Civil Rights Protection or Harmful Discrimination? http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1289 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1289 One Hundred Forty-Five Organizations Ask HHS to Fix Inaccurate, Fear-Based Website http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1280 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1280 CA Marriage Law Ruled Unconstitutional http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1290 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1290 Judge Rules Pharmacist Violated Code of Ethics - Shines New Light on Pharmacist Refusal Debate http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1291 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1291 SIECUS Releases Fiscal Year 2004 Edition of State Profiles http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1292 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1292 Virginity Pledgers More Likely to Engage in Risky Sexual Behavior Including Oral and Anal Sex http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1293 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1293 Welfare Reform Reauthorization Well Underway in U.S. Congress http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1294 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1294 U.S. Report to the Commission on Status of Women Illustrates Bush Administration's Antagonism to Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1295 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1295 Well-Connected Abstinence Group Gets Federal Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1296 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1296 From Cartoons to Health Conferences: http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1297 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1297 Incoming Director of UNICEF a Threat to Young People's Health http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1298 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1298 Evaluation Reveals Flaws in Texas' http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1299 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1299 Several States Introduce Legislation Related to Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1300 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1300 President Bush Recycles Failed Judicial Nominees; http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1301 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1301 February 2005 Legislative Reports http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1017 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1017 Access to Abortion Will Be Curtailed Even Further In 2005 http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1302 Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1302 Researchers Estimate Public Costs Associated with Restricting Teens' Access to Confidential Health Services http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1303 Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1303 PFLAG Releases Survey Results: the Nation's Educators are Unresponsive to LGBTQ Needs and Concerns http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1304 Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1304 The Tsunami Increases Women and Adolescents Vulnerability to Sexual Violence and HIV Transmission http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1305 Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1305 The State of Abortion in Mississippi; A View of the Country's Future? http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1306 Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1306 Michael Leavitt Nominated as New Secretary of Health and Human Services http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1186 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1186 UNICEF Report on the State of the World's Children Emphasizes Need for Comprehensive HIV-Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1184 Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1184 Representative Waxman's Report Reveals Dangerous Flaws with Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1180 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1180 Frist Supports Review of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs But Avoids Addressing Inaccuracies http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1181 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1181 The Far-Right's Fight Against Kinsey http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1182 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1182 Alabama Lawmaker Fights http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1183 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1183 Bush Judicial Nominations Watch: The Next Supreme Court Vacancy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1185 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1185 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Passed in Lame-Duck Session; Republicans' Gain in Seats Affects Reproductive and Sexual Health Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1202 Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1202 Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence (GPA) Continues to Promote Religion http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1191 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1191 Montgomery County Board of Education Passes New Health Education Curriculum http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1187 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1187 Secretary of Education Nominee Supports Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1188 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1188 Specter Fights for Position against Far-Right Opposition http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1189 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1189 Reproductive Rights Organization Prohibited from Saying http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1190 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1190 October 2004 Legislative Report http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1016 Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1016 Bush Administration Chooses Anti-Feminist Group to Teach Iraqi Women about Democracy http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1192 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1192 Three States and the District of Columbia Receive http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1193 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1193 The Underlying Millennium Development Goal: Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1194 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1194 Flashy Marketing and Packaging Newest Trend Among Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1195 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1195 Project Reality Does it Again: Spreading Misinformation to Promote Fear-Based Programs http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1196 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1196 Studies Suggest Positive Outcomes from Educating Both Girls and Boys About Reproductive Health http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1197 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1197 Congress Moves Closer to Significant Increases in Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1198 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1198 Virginity Testing: Increasing Health Risks and Violating Human Rights in the Name of HIV-Prevention http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1199 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1199 UNFPA Releases the State of the World Population 2004 http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1200 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1200 Georgia Teen Centers Stay Open, Must Emphasize Abstinence http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1201 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1201 Changes at the CDC Continue to Impact Longtime HIV/AIDS Prevention Organizations http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1203 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1203 Suicide Prevention Funding Hampered by "Family Values" http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1204 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1204 New Report on the Bush Administration's Faith-based Agenda http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1205 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1205 Scientific Study Shows that Consistent Condom Use Prevents Recurrence Of Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1206 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1206 Specific Actions Urgently Needed to Address Women's Disproportionate Burden under the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1207 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1207 Prescriptions Denied: Refusal Clauses Affect Women's Access to Legally Prescribed Medications http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1208 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1208 Pennsylvania School District Revises Curriculum: Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Prevails http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1209 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1209 Republican Party's 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http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1211 Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1211 Debate Over Health Education Textbooks in Texas http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1212 Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1212 Bush Judicial Nominations Watch: Four More Nominees Blocked; Still No Vote on Claude Allen http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1213 Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1213 HRSA Announces 50 New SPRANS-CBAE Grantees http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1214 Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1214 HIV/AIDS in Vietnam: An Epidemic on the Verge http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1216 Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1216 SIECUS Releases Comprehensive Look at Sexuality Education and Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage in the States http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1222 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1222 Federal Hate Crimes Legislation Passes the Senate http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1219 Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1219 Lesbian Health is Too-Often Ignored by Medical Community, Efforts Underway to Increase Research and Recognition 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http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1223 Satcher Conference on Common Ground Finds Little Footing http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1224 Mon, 24 May 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1224 Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples Recognized in Massachusetts, Expected to have Widespread Ripple Effect http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1225 Mon, 17 May 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1225 May 2004 Legislative Report http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1015 Tue, 04 May 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Policy Updates http://www.siecus.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1015 Politics or Science? 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