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December 2006 update on new publications, actions you can take,
and more!
Advocates for Youth's e-News Update
News You Can Use
GAO Report Asks "Where's the Oversight?"
Slams Administration for Children and Families for Lapse in Supervision of Abstinence-Only Programs
The Government Accountability Office called the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to task for failing to provide adequate oversight of the information disseminated through federal abstinence-only programs. The GAO specifically stated that ACF, which supervises two multimillion dollar abstinence-only programs "does not review its grantees' education materials for scientific accuracy and does not require grantees of either program to review their own materials for scientific accuracy."
Click here to read the full press release.
News of the Absurd
Birth control "demeaning to women?"
The Bush administration has appointed Dr. Eric Keroack as the new Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this position, Dr. Keroack will be charged with overseeing Title X - family planning programs under the Public Health Service Act.
Dr. Keroack currently serves as medical director for A Woman's Concern, a crisis pregnancy center which prohibits staff from encouraging the use of contraceptive drugs or devices. He also serves on the Medical Advisory Council of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse, an organization that promotes abstinence-only-until-marriage programs and opposes comprehensive sex education programs.
Advocates for Youth, along with other reproductive health organizations, has sent a letter to HHS encouraging the withdrawal of Dr. Keroack's appointment.
Click here to read the letter.
To read more about Dr. Keroack, visit:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111601929.html
It Could Take 4 to 5 Years to Cure Ted Haggard of Being Gay
During an interview on Larry King Live, James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family talked about his "close friend" evangelical leader Ted Haggard, having a sexual relationship with a male prostitute. When asked about helping Haggard, Dobson said, "...I just don't have the time to do that. And I called my board of directors, we talked about it at length and they were unanimous in asking me not to do that, because this could take four or five years and I just have too many other things going on."
To read more, please visit:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/23/dobson-haggard-cure-gay/
New at Advocates
Job Opening!
Emergency Contraception Initiative Program Coordinator
The Emergency Contraception (EC) Department has an opening for a Program Coordinator who will work with and provide support to Advocates' Emergency Contraception Initiative. Activities include, but are not limited to, conducting EC outreach and education, assisting with trainings and other events, conducting research, and providing administrative support.
The EC Department provides materials, technical assistance, and training to state teen pregnancy prevention coalitions, health care providers, program planners, educators, and advocates. The goal of the EC Department is to raise awareness about EC among young women and to increase access to EC through pharmacies and in family planning clinics, urgent care centers, hospital emergency rooms, and private physician's offices.
The job application deadline has passed.
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