January, 2008
Florida Should Follow St. Lucie County and Adopt Comprehensive Sex Education
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
January 10, 2008
2 propose that sex ed go beyond abstinence
The lawmakers want condom use taught
By Ron Matus, Steve Bousquet and Donna Winchester
St. Petersburg Times
January 9, 2008
Our view: No, it's not OK
Teen star's pregnancy underscores dangers of abstinence-only sex-education in Florida
Floirda Today, January 5, 2008
By now everyone knows Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old star of television's "Zoey 101" and sister of train wreck pop star Britney, is pregnant.
She could be the anti-poster child for the Bush administration's failed abstinence-only sex education programs.
Tampa Tribune editorial: Chastity Is The Ideal, But School Sex Ed Must Recognize Reality
January 2, 2008
With more states declining an abstinence-only approach to sex education, Florida remains a big promoter of abstinence education, even as new studies show the emphasis is failing to keep many kids from having sex.
