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Washington's laws designed to punish people who access or trade child pornography are too lenient and have not kept up with advancing technology. Prosecutors Mark Roe and Lisa Johnson urge the Legislature to pass bills to make it easier to fight such child exploitation.
An 18-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man authorities say had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl was sentenced in Wood County Circuit Court to nine months in jail. Terron M. Dunbar was given work release with his jail sentence and ordered to pay $110 for a charge of misdemeanor battery. The charge was reduced from second-degree sexual assault of a child. Dunbar was sentenced Monday by Wood ...
Legal and financial disincentives stop people getting checked. Compulsory testing would halt the spread of chlamydia and HIV We all know the risks of unprotected sex, thanks to public education campaigns. And there have also been efforts to encourage people to seek an STD test, notably for chlamydia , which can cause infertility: another 200,000 people were diagnosed with it in the UK in 2008 ...
While Yale students have proven their prowess in final exams and standardized tests, when it comes to testing for sexually transmitted infections, there is still room for improvement.
We all know the risks of unprotected sex, thanks to public education campaigns. And there have also been efforts to encourage people to seek an STD test, notably for
Please email all questions to drsaralevine@bellsouth.net. Q: My daughter is turning 13 and her pediatrician has counseled her regarding prevention of sexually transmitted diseases should she become sexually active.
By the time most teenagers graduate from high school, they have heard the statistics on possible effects of pre-marital sex, including pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Abstinence education has abad rap. Unrepentant opponents state the painfully obvious, which is that teenagers are having sex regardless of the abstinence message. These commentators argue that high school students should instead learn about contraceptive methods. Fair enough.
A recent study that found for the first time that an abstinence-only sex education program was effective at delaying sexual activity among teens is "already beginning to shake up" the debate over the best strategies to prevent teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, the New York Times reports. Advocates and experts are urging policymakers to use caution and consider the ...
A study of middle-school students found for the first time that abstinence-only education helped to delay their sexual initiation.
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