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Story No. 435: Rachel from Massachusetts
In the late 1990s/early 2000s, I was among the cohort of kids exposed to abstinence-only-based education. In my middle-class DC suburb, the prominent focus was […]
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Story No. 419: Patient from Canada
I am an international boarding student. It is hard because I am used to always having my family right beside me when I have a […]
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Story No. 417: Shaun from New York
My first reproductive education experience was when I was in ninth grade, when I had a health class. The school divided the boys and girls […]
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Story No. 415: Emily from Rhode Island
I believe that sex education in all schools is a very important aspect of understanding your own body and can help guide you in making […]
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Story No. 412: Dr. Ryan from Louisiana
Casey came into the school based health clinic crying. She was three weeks late for her period. She was so scared she was pregnant. She […]
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Administration Pushes Abstinence Promotion
Dr. Terez Yonan talked to Roll Call about the dangers of Trump administration’s promotion of abstinence-only sex education.
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Story No. 399: Elizabeth from Massachusetts
In elementary school health class in the 1990s, we watched a video about getting your period—heavy on basic biology, but not very helpful. The real […]
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What Trump’s Abstinence-Only Education Budget Means for Young People
Teen Vogue talked to Dr. Terez Yonan for this story about abstinence-only sex education in the President's budget proposal.