Hillary Clinton would make a major change to President Bush's AIDS program if she were in the White House, she said this week in announcing her global strategy to combat AIDS. The New York senator ...

In January, the principal of C.E. Williams Middle School wrote parents and encouraged them to have their children participate in the Heritage Keepers Life Skills Education program. In the letter, the ...

On Monday, New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat complained that liberals misinterpreted news that teen pregnancies had risen in the Bush years, when abstinence-only education was ...

A new study finds an abstinence-only intervention for pre-teens was more successful in delaying the onset of sexual activity than a health-promotion control intervention. In the study to evaluate the ...

$50-million a year it authorized under the 1996 welfare law should be continued. Some observers say the possibility that religious beliefs could be a component of abstinence-education programs is a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abstinence-only sex education can work -- if it's based on established strategies for helping young people change their attitudes about other types of risky behavior like ...

Sex education classes that focus on encouraging children to remain abstinent can persuade a significant proportion to delay sexual activity, researchers reported ...

LOWER SALEM — A new abstinence-based educational program was the topic of discussion for the Fort Frye Local Board of Education during its meeting Wednesday night. This new program was developed by ...

There is no evidence that promoting sexual abstinence and marital fidelity are successful strategies in reducing the risk of HIV infection, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. The ...

Proponents of sex education classes that focus on encouraging teenagers to remain virgins until marriage are hoping that the rescue plan for the nation's health-care system will also save their ...