Republicans these days are very, very deeply concerned about "wasteful government spending." House Minority Leader John Boehner [1]complained about wasteful spending in the stimulus. Congressman Mike Pence [2] of Indiana stated: "More big government spending ... won't cure wh...

We've had studies which show that federally funded abstinence-only sex education is rife with false, misleading, or distorted information." We've had studies that prove that federally funded abstinence-only sex education does not keep teenagers from having sex. We've even seen teen mom Bristol Palin...

Came across this little waste of tax money: Derek the Abstinence Clown. Yes...you read that right. Derek Dye was paid as part of the Abstinence Only program to promote abstinence. Here is a video of Derek at work: Now, this guy is just awful. And on many blogs he gets a lot of crap for how bad he is...

When asked what Bush accomplished during his eight years in office, many people point out that he was responsible for putting together a comprehensive AIDS program for Africa. In an article called, “An Unlikely Champion,” found in the January 15, 2009 edition of Nature (available only to...

Filed under: Newborns, Teens & tweens, Pregnancy & birth Thought teen pregnancy was a thing of the past? Well, if the well-publicized "celebrity" teen pregnancies that went down in 2008 didn't convince you then take a look at this. Turns out Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin are more repre...

by Walter Brasch The chairman of the Republican National Committee may have begun an irreversible descent into a future as a fear-bound paranoid victim of functional amnesia, possibly caused by a hysterical post-traumatic event such as the overwhelming victory of Democrats in the 2008 election and t...

8th grade students from the Smith Leadership Academy paid a day-long visit the AIDS Action Committee offices in early November. They were accompanied by their homeroom teacher Laura Kacewicz and the head of Smith Leadership, Kamala Sherwood. While at the AAC office a number of staff members spoke t...

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As we enter the final stretch of this election season, it’s time to focus on what is coming next, and more importantly, on our goals for the future. It’s exciting – and challenging – for those of us in the HIV/AIDS community to envision a day when we are not merely scrambling to survive the ...

Aw, shit. Kmart is selling abstinence-gear for juniors. Featuring what Kmart calls a "bold abstinence screen print," the True Love Waits sweatpants come in blue, yellow and gray. I also think it's no coincidence that on the same page they carry "Life is sweet" pants. I have no idea if the pants are ...