Read selections from our nation's newspapers and websites about sex education.

» Children and Sexuality: Talking to kids about sex
San Francisco Chronicle
October 23, 2002

» Abstinence, Monogamy and Sex
The Lancet
Editorial - July 13, 2002 [Download a PDF]

» Don't Just Say No
The New York Times
Editorial - June 26, 2002 [Download a PDF]

» The Gospel of Abstinence, Taught with Tax Dollars
The Hartford Courant
by Ellen Goodman June 25, 2002

» PTA Addresses Sex Ed
Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram
June 24, 2002

» Risky Business: Teens are having more sex -- and getting more diseases. But is telling them to wait the answer?
U.S. News & World Report
by Anna Mulrine May 27, 2002 [Download a PDF]

» Abstinence or Obstinancy
Washington Post
by Richard Cohen May 17, 2002 [Download a PDF]

» Abstinence-Only for Teenagers: A Pipe Dream
Wall Street Journal
by Al Hunt May 2, 2002 [Download a PDF]

» Going Past 'Just Say No'
Los Angeles Times Editorial
April 29, 2002 [Download a PDF]

» Report Finds No Evidence that Abstinence-Only Counseling Prevents Teen Sex, Pregnancy, Disease
Associated Press
by Laura Meckler April 24, 2002

» Abstinence-Only Doesn't Cut It
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
by Jeffrey Lawson April 19, 2002

» Abstinence-Only Initiative Advancing
New York Times
by Sheryl Gay Stolberg February 28, 2002 [Download a PDF]

» Leaving Kids in the Dark
ABCNews.com
by Ephrat Livni September 26, 2001

» Abstinence-Only Education Leaves our Children in the Dark
Daily News
by Patricia Jerido and Margaret Hempel August 2, 2001

» An Open Letter to Religious Leaders About Sex Education

» A Call To Action For Religious Leaders

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