Salt Lake Tribune 10.29.16 | JESSICA MILLER, MATTHEW PIPER AND ERIN ALBERTY The LDS Church-owned school announces it will restructure its Title IX Office, aims to “create an environment where sexual assault is eliminated.” Brigham Young University announced sweeping changes Wednesday in how
Slate.com 9.2.16 | Christina Cauterucci The United States' teen pregnancy rate, the very highest among the world’s 20 nations with complete statistics, has been falling since the 1990s. Since 2007, it has dropped precipitously, but teens didn’t report a significant change in their
Slate.com 8.17.16 | Mark Joseph Stern Brigham Young University has a well-documented rape problem, one that’s different from the sexual assault crisis that plagues many other campuses: When female rape victims report their assault, they are often punished for breaking the school’s stringent
Rewire Jul 29, 2016 | Nicole Knight Shine By requiring sexual education instructors to be certified teachers, the Alaska legislature is targeting Planned Parenthood, which is the largest nonprofit provider of such educational services in the state. Alaska is imposing a new hurdle
Think Progress 5.6.16 | Tara Culp-Ressler Elizabeth Smart became a household name after she was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, UT at the age of 14 and held in captivity for nine months. She was forced into a polygamous marriage,
Salon.com 3.19.16 | Peggy Orenstein I’m not going to tell you to go right now and buy a copy of Peggy Orenstein’s “Girls & Sex.” I’m going to tell you to buy two copies: One for yourself, and one for the teenager in
Mother Jones 3.7.16 | Becca Andrews In 2006, when I was 14 and all tangled red hair and too much eyeliner and rampant insecurities, my ninth-grade health teacher, a sarcastic guy in his 40s, opened class one day with a single statement: "Ladies,
Patheos.com 2.16.16 | Michael Stone Good news: President Barack Obama removes all government funding for abstinence-only sex education programs in public schools. In particular, Obama’s 2017 budget proposal eliminates a $10 million-a-year grant program for abstinence-only education run by the Department of Health
