| Ministerial Meeting in Jamaica Reaffirms Commitment to Sex Education and HIV Prevention |
| The second annual Ministerial Meeting on HIV and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica June 4–6, 2009. This meeting was attended by Ministers of Health from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives from civil society organizations, and representatives from key international agencies, ... |
| ACLU: Ideologically Based Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program Is out of Line with Science and State Law |
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A controversy erupted in Sonoma County, California over the organization, Free to Be, which conducts class presentations on abstinence-only-until-marriage in the county’s public middle schools and high schools. The organization receives a $540,000 grant under the federal government’s Community Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program. CBAE grantees must abide by the ... |
| New Sex Ed Laws pass in Oregon and North Carolina |
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In recent weeks, North Carolina and Oregon both passed legislation that changed sexuality education requirements in the state.
In June, the North Carolina Senate spent a couple of weeks debating the Healthy Youth Act. The original House version of the bill (HB88), would have required schools to teach two separate tracks ... |
| In Wake of Provider’s Death, Abortion Access, Related Violence Feared |
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On May 31, Dr. George Tiller, an obstetrician/gynecologist and abortion provider, was shot and killed while at his church in Wichita, Kansas. Long a target of anti-abortion protesters, his murder came more than 15 years after he was first shot in a similar attempt on his life. Scott Roeder, an ... |
| President Obama Nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court |
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On May 26, 2009, President Obama announced Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter.[i]If confirmed, Sotomayor would be the first Latino ever to serve on the court and only the third female justice in the Supreme ... |
| Economy, Lack of Resources Dominate Conversation at 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers Meeting |
| The 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ meeting was held from June 10 through 14 in Namibia with 1,500 participants from more than 55 countries.[i] The meeting, the fifth of its kind, was cosponsored by the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, the Global Fund, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, UNICEF, the World Bank, and ... |
