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The Anti-Sex TikTok Everyone Hates Just Repeats the Failures of U.S. Sex Ed
An 18-second video from "Nurse Holly" promotes waiting until marriage as STI prevention. Stop us if you've heard that one before.
An Abstinence-Only Advocate Has the Final Say on Who Gets Family Planning Grants
A single person controls the nation's Title X family planning budget for the first time since the 80s.
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Attacking Birth Control
We talk about the how the current administration is changing Title X, the only federal fund for family planning, on 'The VICE Guide to Right Now Podcast.'
Trump’s Family Planning Program Will Prioritize Less Effective Kinds of Birth Control
Dramatic changes in the guidelines for Title X family planning grants could affect the types of birth control women have access to.
Trump's Embrace of Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Is a Threat to Your Health
Instead of learning safer sex practices, students are simply taught to keep it in their pants.
Only 13 States Require Sex Ed to Be Medically Accurate
And half the country is pushing abstinence-only, which, STD rates have shown us, is not exactly effective.
This Sex Educator Was Not Allowed to Say 'Clitoris' in the Classroom
Others were barred from: "abortion," "LGBTQ," and using a diagram of female anatomy.
Huh, Another Study Says Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Doesn’t Work
Scientists and public health experts continue to rack up evidence that this kind of education is failing young people.
These Are the States With the Worst Sex Ed
From abstinence only and straight-up lies to nothing at all.