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1. Austrian sex school to offer free contraception with tuition
(World/International)

... years old to apply, and the cost is about $1,900 per semester. The school has exams needed to pass the course, and contraception will be available for no extra charges.  ...

2. The HPV vaccine and children: A grandmother's perspective
(Health/Healthquest)

... sexual health was placed on their shoulders. Throughout history, choosing abstinence, using contraception, and protecting against STDs have been traditionally seen as “women’s issues.” Men got off easily ...

3. Princeton professor's arguments about NYC sex education are obsolete
(Health/Healthquest)

... districts opt their children out of certain sex ed lessons. The sex ed policy in New York City only lets parents remove their children from instruction about birth control and contraception, which George ...

4. N.J. approves contraceptives for deer but hunting is cheaper
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... more than a hundred days of deer hunting, including seasons for bow, shotgun and muzzleloading rifle. The 2010-11 deer harvest was 55,404. It has been pointed out that hunting is much cheaper than contraception. ...

5. Dr. Ruth visits N.J.: 83 and still a sex educator
(Life/Style)

... mass media and culture have on young women’s fashion habits and self-image.) Never shy about controversy, Dr. Ruth mentioned several hot-button issues. She talked about the need for abortion—contraception ...

6. Standardized testing sex education: Could N.J. follow in D.C’s footsteps?
(Health/Healthquest)

... about sexuality topics like contraception and health topics like nutrition, mental health, and drug use. This spring, students in grades 5, 8, and 10 in a district with 75,000 students will be tested ...

7. Christie highlights his commitments to health care
(N.J./State)

... including mammograms, cancer screening, blood pressure screening, pre- and post-natal care, HIV/AIDS testing, sexually transmitted disease treatment and contraception. She said reductions in aid for ...

8. Gandarusa a male contraceptive from Indonesia could reach New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

BY SUSIE WILSON NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM SEX MATTERS July was a banner month for contraception, and surprisingly, male contraception received almost as much attention as female. This is a good thing. ...

9. Gov. Christie may attack Planned Parenthood but the world needs it
(Health/Healthquest)

... over the set of The Today Show, and reading in Frank Bruni’s “Time for Oratorical Contraception” how Republican presidential candidates preen about how many children each has, I began to wonder if the ...

10. N.J. Republicans look to restore $7.5 million for women's health care
(N.J./State)

... resources and contraception. The Democrats also maintain that federal matching funds could save New Jersey more than $40 million a year in health care costs elsewhere in the system.  ...

11. From Barack Obama’s mother, a wise message for teenage girls
(Life/Style)

... courses as part of the school curricula and ready access to contraception, preferably in school health clinics. I still believe strongly in these components, but I’d add a dose of feminism to the curriculum ...

12. Despite Gov. Christie's opposition, Sen. Weinberg reintroduces bill to provide $7.5M for women's health care
(N.J./State)

... resources and contraception,” Weinberg said. “These are basic health services which are either hard to come by, or completely unavailable and inaccessible anywhere else in the state for economically-disadvantaged ...

13. Sanger
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... the incredible work she did to legalize and bring access to modern contraception. ...

14. Susan N. Wilson receives Planned Parenthood/Mercer’s Sanger Circle award
(Life/Style)

... mission since 1984, when the award was initiated. It is named for Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), early advocate for family planning and the legalization of contraception. Sanger was almost alone when she ...

15. Former N.J. Congressman John Adler remembered
(Opinion/Commentary)

... lame-duck Governor Jim Florio. This bill would have required all school districts to stress-abstinence-only and did not include any provision to discuss other contraception methods during family life and ...

16. Sexting teens and the New Jersey Legislature
(Health/Healthquest)

... education and health. After I failed to convince a state senator to vote against a sex ed bill that required teachers to “stress abstinence” but withheld equal instruction about contraception, he told ...

17. Planned Parenthood reeling from activist video sting
(Health/Healthquest)

... woman posing as sex traffickers regarding their interest in accessing contraception, abortions and sexually transmitted-disease testing for underage prostitutes. According to an Associated Press report ...

18. huh?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... disgrace to civilization." "To each group we explained what contraception was; that abortion was the wrong way—no matter how early it was performed it was taking life; that contraception was the better ...

19. DADT repeal among Top Ten Sex Stories of 2010
(Life/Style)

... "condom use is becoming the norm for sexually active teenagers." Researchers concluded that teens are more responsible than adults about using this form of contraception. 6. The birth control pill turns ...

20. World Aids Day 2010: The Pope and condoms
(Health/Healthquest)

...  Make no mistake, the pope separated the use of condoms to prevent disease from their use to prevent pregnancy. The Catholic Church has not sanctioned the use of contraception, because it believes that ...