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C-FAM reasserts their story that Planned Parenthood distributed explicit sex guides to Girl Scouts at a recent UN conference, including information that debunks denials from Girl Scout leadership that the event happened. Read more »

The Girl Scouts seems ready to abandon their longstanding reputation as a wholesome organization for girls. The Girl Scouts recently partnered with Planend Parenthood and the United Nations to promote a sexually explicit brochure entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot.” For parents with girls in this organization, it seems to be time to rethink their involvement. Read more »

The health care debate has seen a few vocal proponents of a single-payer universal health care system like those seen in Europe. But this Swedish-born author, having had long exposure to government-run health care, exposes some “hidden” aspects that come with socialized medicine that aren’t so wonderful. Read more »

There just seems to be no end to the immoral and dangerous behavior some people will accommodate and encourage. A condom manufacturer has created an extra-small condoms for boys as young as 12 years old. Where did all the grownups go? Read more »

Care Net Pregnancy Resource Center of Rapid City is sponsoring an evening with Rebecca St. James.  You can get more details about how you can attend here and here.
Rebecca is partnering with Care Centers across the nation in the fight for the unborn. This evening promises inspirational music, an incredible testimony, and a moving film [...] Read more »

A new landmark study shows that abstinence education is more effective in reducing sexual activity among youths than other programs. One-third of students who completed the abstinence program had sexual intercourse within two years of the class. By comparison, more than half of those who participated in safe sex and condom use programs said they had sexual intercourse. Read more »

Opponents have again begun assailing abstinence education following the release of a report that shows an increase in teen birth and abortion rates for the first time in more than a decade. The Guttmacher Institute, which released the report on Tuesday, insists the rise is a result of steep declines and a subsequent plateau in contraceptive use in the early 2000s and the widespread abstinence-only sex education programs that were promoted under the Bush administration. Read more »

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) which finds Washington D.C. is the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) capital of the nation. D.C.’s cases per 100,000 people is almost three times the rate of neighbors Virginia and Maryland. Read more »

Abstinence education passed the first hurdle this week after the Senate Finance Committee narrowly voted to restore federal funding for the sex education program. In a 12-11 vote Tuesday night, the Committee restored $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education in public schools. Read more »

Simone Davis is a British teen seeking U.S. citizenship. She is committed to abstinence but U.S. immigration requires her to receive the HPV vaccine Gardasil before she can become a citizen. Read more »

VoteYesForLife.com features a compelling and telling graph of data from the Population Division of the U.S. Census Bureau.
It shows that states which rejected abstinence-only funds had higher teen abortion rates than states that accepted the funds.
From the VoteYesForLife.com post:

For teen girls under the age of 15 years old, from 2001 – 2005, there was a [...] Read more »

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FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
COALITION ON URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION
There are some today who suggest that Christian conservatism as a political force is over.
Those who make this claim point to the fact that liberal Democrats now control the White House and both houses of congress, that the number of Americans self identifying as Democrats compared [...] Read more »

I received this today from Kimberly Martinez, Executive Director of the Alpha Center in Sioux Falls.  If you have young people in your home or know some young people, you might bring this exciting event to their attention:

I am honored to forward you an attachment promoting the biggest and most exciting event to visit Sioux [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Jennifer Riley
Christian Post Reporter
Tue, Mar. 24 2009 10:13 AM EDT
Christian and pro-life groups quickly voiced concern on Monday after a federal judge ordered that the Food and Drug Administration allow minor 17-year-old girls to obtain the Plan B “morning-after” pill without a physician’s prescription.
U.S. District Judge Edward Korman [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Anne Thomas
Christian Today Reporter
Fri, Mar. 20 2009 09:36 AM EDT
A leading AIDS expert from Harvard University has come out in support of comments made by Pope Benedict XVI suggesting that the distribution of contraception actually spreads rather than prevents AIDS.
Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Audrey Barrick
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, Mar. 19 2009 09:29 AM EDT
The U.S. teen birth rate increased for the second consecutive year, and while many have been quick to blame abstinence-only education for the rise, some are questioning the comprehensive sex education that is being taught in many schools.
“When over [...] Read more »

The following is reprinted from LifeSiteNews.com
(Note: David MacDonald is a Christian singer/artist who recently revealed that prior to his conversion he had been heavily involved in the gay lifestyle. Read his testimony here: http://www.GayTestimony.com)
March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I hate to quote statistics, but Canada’s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, “A group of six Canadian [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Tue, Feb. 24 2009 05:28 PM EST
In the wake of a British boy becoming a father at 13, the British government has come up with a new strategy to address the country’s growing teen pregnancy problem.
Parents in the United Kingdom are encouraged to discuss sex with [...] Read more »

 
Daily Recap 2/23/2008
From the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays activity on bills of note…

Bill #
Bill Desc
Activity

HB 1295
authorize the establishment of charter schools.
Education Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 5

SB 195
repeal the ban on certain medical research and to provide certain limitations for human embryonic stem cell research.
Senate Do Pass Amended, Failed, [...] Read more »

I’m guessing that some in the British government believe their teen pregnancy rate isn’t high enough, and that it must be made higher.  Since the Independent has reported that Great Britain has the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe, I’m not sure who they’re trying to out-do, but with the anti-parenting attitude coming out of [...] Read more »

 
Daily Recap 2/20/2008
From the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays activity on bills of note…

Bill #
Bill Desc
Activity

HB 1149
allow a person or entity to offer postsecondary education credit in South Dakota while seeking accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency.
House of Representatives Deferred to another day

HB 1156
provide for the establishment of a task force to study human trafficking [...] Read more »