Concerned that their precious children are not learning to be terrified enough about the deadly consequences of sexual intercourse, lawmakers in Tennessee have added language to their abstinence-only sex ed curriculum that warns students of the dangers of "gateway sexual activity" in a desperate effort to make sure…

Good news this morning from the Beehive State — Utah Governor Gary Herbert vetoed a bill yesterday that would have banned schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and instead relegated it to the realm of dirty liberal tricks where so many social…

In December, Yale students proposed a program for Sex Week 2012 that addressed some of the concerns about Sex Weeks past — including the criticism that it was too porn-focused. Now, the Sex Week organizers have let us know that the university has accepted their proposal — Sex Week 2012 is officially scheduled for Feb.…

A sex education CD-ROM designed for 9 to 11-year-old schoolchildren is getting some flack from government officials after it was discovered that the presentation contains realistic, computer generated and cartoon fucking. Sorry — "lovemaking."

In response to the administration's threat to ban Sex Week at Yale from using the university's name or facilities, Sex Week organizers have developed a new proposal they hope will save the event. It will focus on "female sexuality, queer sexuality, and sexual health," rather than porn.

The long dominance of abstinence-only sex ed in this country has made any program that even mentions condoms look pretty damn good. But what if your teachers could have taught you what you really needed to know about sex? What would you have wanted them to say?

In response to the Yale's decision to bar the student-organized "Sex Week" from using the university's name and facilities, organizers have pledged to develop an alternate program. What's not yet clear is whether this program will change the role of corporate sponsors, including controversial sex toy company Pure…

The UN recently issued a report that declares that countries that restrict access to either abortion or contraception are violating a woman's human rights. The report also declares it Officially Messed Up when a woman is prosecuted for taking illegal drugs or drinking during her pregnancy, because it's her body and…

A new poll shows parents may be talking to their kids about sex in general — but when it comes to the details, they're falling short.

Starting this year, students in New York City will receive state-mandated sex education. That's a change from previous years, when kids had to learn about HIV but not necessarily sex per se.

My daughter is capable and caring — I bask in her virtuous light quite unfairly. She is her own doing.

Candie's hasn't responded to our detailed questions about its work with Bristol Palin, but it has responded to the overall controversy about her being paid over $260,000, while only $35,000 has gone to actual anti-pregnancy initiatives. Here's the gist:

A new study from the Guttmacher Institute indicates that of their many sources of sex education (some of it partial and inaccurate, of course), some teens disbelieve the Internet.

USA Today says female condoms are "making a comeback in U.S. cities." The evidence? Scant. But let's take a look at why no one goes crazy over this form of contraception.

At a rally Saturday against House Republican attacks on funding for women's health services, co-emcee Mary Alice Carr asked anyone in the crowd under 30 to cheer. "It went on for at least a minute," Shelby Knox, who had been about to go onstage, told me today. "It shook the stage."

After studying five labs, the CDC concluded 18% of people who tested positive for syphilis since the '80s don't actually have the disease. Congratulations! (Though now doctors are back to square one on explaining your sores and hair loss.)

Even with a pro-choice president and a Democratic-controlled Congress, it was a pretty rocky year for reproductive rights, thanks to crusading state officials and a handful of national-scale assholes. What can we expect for next year?

Here's a widget to tell you if you could be pregnant. No, seriously.