• July 02, 2003 - The New York Times
As gay acceptance increases, the number of openly gay marriages with children has reflected that rise. Extensive psychological studies on children of homosexual parents have demonstrated similar levels of mental and sexual well-being as their heterosexual counterparts. Moreover, the percentage of gay children from gay parents is comparatively equal to those raised in heterosexual families. [*To read the full New York Times article, please register a free account here]

• May 21, 2003 - The New York Times
Among sexually active women, knowledge about emergency contraception increased by 50% since 2000. Prompted by this, makers of the morning-after pill are attempting to make the pills available over the counter rather than through doctor-approved prescriptions. Emergency contraception - which is a high dosage of birth control pills taken within a week of the sexual encounter - can prevent 75-89% of pregnancies. [*To read the full New York Times article, please register a free account here]

• May 20, 2003 - The New York times
According to a report released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 20% of adolescents have sex before age fifteen. Within that demographic, the occurrences of smoking, drinking, and drug use is substantially higher than among virgins. [*To read the full New York Times article, please register a free account here]

• May 02, 2003 - MTV
"What are the different expectations for guys and girls? A survey by seventeen magazine and the Kaiser Family Foundation of more than 500 young people nation-wide shows that more than a third say there is a "double standard" for boys and girls today, when it comes to being sexually active. Even more (four in five) agree that parents have different expectations from their daughters and their sons. How far have we really come?" To read the full-length article, click here.

• April 28, 2003 - The Olympian
The Olympian has an article detailing the latest user-friendly contraceptives.

• April 24, 2003 - The Seattle Times
A new study has found that religious teens may be more likely to avoid risky behaviors.

• April 15, 2003 - The Advocate
Viacom is considering expanding its HIV/AIDS awareness program overseas. Viacom have set up a website at www.knowhivaids.org for this initiative, and are linking popular television shows with the program.

• February 06, 2003 - KaiserNetwork.org
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that although more television shows are including sexual content, such programs are also including more mentions of "safer sex," abstinence and possible consequences of intercourse. Read the actual report here.

• February 05, 2003 - The New York Times
Prime-time shows are getting more permissive about sexual content. "One out of seven shows features sexual intercourse, either depicted or strongly implied... And I am counting `Jeopardy.' "

• October 16, 2002 - Kaiser Foundation
A SexSmarts survey reveals that a majority of teens say that condoms are less of a necessity when the relationship gets more serious. Teens also acknowledge that relationships aren’t always exclusive: twenty-four percent report cheating is a pretty common occurrence.

• September 27, 2002 - MMWR
The CDC finds that from 1991-2001, the percentage of U.S. high school students who ever had sexual intercourse and the percentage who had multiple sex partners decreased. Prevalence of condom use increased.

• August 27, 2002 - Yahoo! News
US malls and movie theaters refuse to display the American Society of Reproductive Medicine's "Protect Your Fertility!" campaign materials, on that grounds that the PSAs are not family friendly or entertaining. The campaign targets people in their twenties and early thirties to inform them that decisions they make now can impact their fertility later in life.

• August 21, 2002 - Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth and Rock the Vote launch signature campaign to counter federal policies aimed at abstinence-only sex education. They hope to get petitions to Capitol Hill before Congress votes next month on funding abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.

• July 31, 2002 - MEDLINEplus
Pennsylvania State College of Medicine study demonstrates that taking birth control pills does not lead to weight gain for teens.

• June 28, 2002 - The Guardian
England's public health minister gave the first official blessing for health clinics offering contraception, advice on sexual health, and counseling in England's secondary schools, in a campaign to halve the number of teenage pregnancies by 2010.

• November 29, 2001 - USA Today
Study shows U.S. teens are not more likely to be sexually active than their peers in other developed countries, but they're much more likely to become parents. Sexually active U.S. teen are significantly less likely to use birth control or have abortions.

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