May 2009

Letter: Florida teens deserve accurate sex education

May 21, 2009, Palm Beach Post

May is the eighth annual National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, a reminder that our country and our state can do better.

The U.S. teen birthrate increased for the second year in a row, and an estimated 750,000 American teens become pregnant each year. Florida's teen pregnancy rate is the sixth-highest. Florida's teen birth rate also increased in 2006 for the first time in 15 years and is 3 percent higher than the national average.

Editorial: Abstain from added failure

May 18, 2009, The Palm Beach Post

The Obama administration is saying "no" to abstinence-only sex education by eliminating federal money for the ineffective programs. If Florida wants to continue receiving federal aid for sex education, the state finally will have to implement programs that work.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2010 BUDGET

PLANNED PARENTHOOD STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2010 BUDGET

Ends Ineffective Abstinence-Only Programs,
Provides New Funding for Evidence-Based Comprehensive Sex Education —
Missed Opportunities to Strengthen Title X
And Ensure Women’s Access to Full Range of Care <!--break->

Letter: Teen Pregnancy

May 6, 2009, The Miami Herald

Wednesday is the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and a reminder that our country and our state can do better. The U.S. teen birthrate has increased for the second year in a row. An estimated 750,000 American teens become pregnant each year. Florida's teen-pregnancy rate is the nation's sixth highest.

HEALTHY TEENS CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION ON EIGHTH ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          CONTACT: Adrienne Kimmell, 941.923.5500
May 6, 2009

HEALTHY TEENS CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION ON EIGHTH ANNUAL
NATIONAL DAY TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY

Florida has sixth highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation