“Questioning Abstinence Until
Marriage"
PlannedParenthood.org, 03.14.07
With the national debate
about abstinence-until-marriage programs raging on, Lawrence
Finer, director of domestic research at the Guttmacher Institute,
a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health
research, policy analysis, and public education, decided to investigate
whether abstinence-only until marriage campaigns are a realistic
policy goal. After all, statistics about the average age of first
sex and the average age of first marriage are quite different. To
find the answer, he looked at rates of premarital sex in the
United States.
What he found was surprising to many: Not only had more
than nine out of 10 people had premarital sex, but the rate
of premarital sex has been consistent for more than 50 years. Finer’s
conclusion was that premarital sex is not only normal but nearly
ubiquitous — and has been for decades.
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here.
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“Moment of discovery fuels synchronized swimmer”
Contra Costa Times, 03.01.07
Gina Pietras has
been swimming practically since birth. And with a mother who
was a water ballet dancer, it shouldn't be any surprise that
Pietras, now 31, entered her first competitive synchronized swimming
event at age 5.
Since then, Pietras has been a member of the USA
national synchronized swimming team and lived in Zurich, Switzerland,
where she coached the U.S. junior national team. After retiring
from the team in 2003, she says it's a natural jump from Zurich
to Walnut Creek, where she lives and coaches the 11-12 A team
for WC Aquanuts.
Read the full profile here.
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“Club keeps an eye on community service”
Contra Costa Times, 02.22.07
Bill Iannaccone
was already busy with a thriving chiropractic business, coaching
local kids' sports teams and the Lions Club International board
of directors when he was persuaded to participate in a clinic
for eyesight restoration in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Thirteen years
later, Walnut Creek resident Iannaccone is the chief operations
officer of Lions In Sight, a Lions Club organization that recycles
eyeglasses, provides eyeglasses to needy communities around the
world and sponsors eye exams and eye surgeries from Lithuania
to Mexico to Argentina. Iannaccone didn't expect to be traveling
around the world with the group, but he's always been interested
in community service.
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“Volunteer work stirs in his blood”
Contra Costa Times, 09.06
When David Ringler
decided to volunteer for the Red Cross two years ago, it was
just part of the recently retired 60-year-old's joking scheme
to "keep the brain going." But he didn't
know it would link him to his past and change him irrevocably."
“Get the Shot: The HPV vaccine isn’t just
for straight girls. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo tells us why.”
Curve Magazine,
01.07
HPV vaccine? Aren’t you already immune simply because
you don’t have sex with men?
Not so fast.
Research shows that queer women are just as likely
to have HPV as other women.
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