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Sex ed website disgusting

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This article is in its entirety, without addition or subtraction. Read with discretion and caution. ----- By Bob Salsberg Associated Press April 26, 2011 BOSTON—Massachusetts public health officials said Tuesday they would be willing to consider changes in the content of a sexual education website aimed at teens, after critics in the Legislature complained that the site had graphic and "disgusting" descriptions of sex acts and downplayed the risks of abortion. The lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick asking him cut off state funding for www.mariatalks.com , which is maintained by the independent AIDS Action Committee with the help of a $100,000 annual grant from the state Department of Public Health . "Gov. Patrick, take down this website," demanded state Rep. Marc Lombardo , R- Billerica , one of about 20 members of a bipartisan group that held a Statehouse news conference. Patrick himself offered no immediate comment, but the publi...

Mental Health, Parenthood, and Poverty

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The mental health issue keeps on being discussed and debated, and I've seen one article that relates mental health problems with poverty, and goes on to say why. And there is one other aspect of the article that I like: insisting that parents take a stand on child-rearing despite the odd facts of life. I can't repost the article here due to copyright issues, so if you are getting interested, click below for the article: Behavioral, mental health problems play big role in other childhood issues Related articles Mental Health on Abortion and Childbearing (beinghealthyhomeandaway.blogspot.com) Some news for Translucid and for Bob (translucid.ca) Three in 10 Britons suffer sleep problems which could cause mental health problems (mirror.co.uk) Better Mental Health Care Won't End Murder, But It Will Save Lives [Aftermath] (jezebel.com) You: Nick Clegg to unveil £400m plan to help "cure" mental health patients - Mirror.co.uk (news.google.com) Mental ...