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Sex Wars in Washington DC: Why the Acrimony Over Abstinence Education?

Details: Category: Richard's Blog; Published: 02 July 2018

Why does abstinence-centered sex education stir up so much acrimony? Join us for this informative series on the Richard Urban show.

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Is Abstinence from Sexual Activity Outside of Marriage the Expected Standard for School Age Children?

Details: Category: Richard's Blog; Published: 24 June 2018

In 1996 Congress passed the Title V abstinence education program law. This program (theoretically; in DC the funds were not actually used for abstinence education, for example) allotted funds to states that requested them for abstinence programs that had to follow these guidelines:

A. Has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity.

B. Teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children.

C. Teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems.

D. Teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity.

E. Teaches that sexual activity outside of the context, of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects.

F. Teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents and society.

G. Teaches young people how to reject sexual advances, and how alcohol and drug use increase vulnerability to sexual advances.

H. Teaches the importance of attaining self-sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity.

Pretty common sense, right?

Not according to almost all of the candidates for School Board in Jefferson County West Virginia running in the May 8, 2018 nonpartisan contest. At the We the People Candidates Forum on April 19,2018 at the Clarion Inn, Harpers Ferry, WV Tom Poteet, Donna Joy, Aaron Hackett, Laurie Ogden (reelected) and Kathryn Skinner (reelected) all said it was not appropriate to teach school age children that abstinence from sex before marriage is the expected standard. Only Athena Roper (newly elected) said that she was interested in that approach, but had not yet heard about it. Scott Suddoth was not present at the forum.

So, my question to the current, reelected and newly elected School Board members is; why would you not want to teach young people that the expected standard for school age children is abstinence from sex before marriage? I hope that the School Board members and others will comment below.

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The Richard Urban Show: Answering Senator Romano's Questions About Vaccine Choice

Details: Category: Richard's Blog; Published: 27 February 2018

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West Virginia Required Vaccines & Adverse Reactions or Death

Details: Category: Richard's Blog; Published: 23 February 2018

West Virginia Required Vaccines & Adverse Reactions or Death

Vaccines Required in West Virginia for School Admission- Data from VAERS¹ including reports up to 12/14/2017
				United States Adverse Reactions								West Virginia Adverse Reactions
						Serious			Death				Serious			Death
Vaccine	Communicable?	Age Administered	Number of Doses (Total 44-46)	Vaccines 2.0 Rating (Scale 1-5)²	Total	x20³	Annual	Total	x20³	Annual	Pre-Vaccine Deaths/year	Total	x20³	Annual	Total	x20³	Annual
Hepatitus B	No-by Sexual/IV Drug Use	2 mths to 5 yrs	3	-5	17083	341,660	12,655	1929	38,580	1429	394	58	1160	43	10	200	7
DTaP	Diphtheria-yes; related to poor sanitation Tetanus- No-Skin Punctures; poor sanitation Pertussis-Yes-coughing, sneezing	2 mths to 5 yrs	6 x 3 vaccines = 18	-1 -3 3	25,169 25,476 23,463	503,380 509,520 469,260	18,643 18,871 17,380	2900 2921 2837	58,000 58,420 56,740	2148 2163 2101	2 472 1400 1874	114 116 109	2280 2320 2180	84 86 81	15 16 15	300 320 300	11 11 11
HIB	Yes-minimally contagious	2 mths to 5 yrs	3 or 4	1	18,715	374,300	13,863	2551	51,020	1890	1000	78	1560	58	12	240	9
Polio	Yes-spread through stool- poor sanitation	2 mths to 5 yrs	3	-1	18,649	372,980	13,814	2547	50,940	1887	1043	78	1560	58	12	240	9
MMR	Measles-Yes-respiratory droplets Mumps-Yes-respiratory droplets Rubella-Yes-respiratory droplets	15 mths to 5 yrs	2 x 3 vaccines = 6	2 -2 2	8527 8380 8485	170,540 167,600 169,700	6316 6207 6285	439 407 403	8780 8140 8060	325 301 299	380 25 62 Congenital cases. Deaths?	36 36 36	720 720 720	27 27 27	0 0 0	- - -	- - -
Varicella	Yes-respiratory droplets-skin	15 - 17 mths	1 or history	-5	3784	75,680	2803	186	3720	138	100	21	420	16	1	20	1
Pneumococcal (Prevnar)	Yes-respiratory droplets	2 mths to 5 yrs	4	-2	19,020	380,400	14,088	2080	41,600	1541	200	62	1240	46	10	200	7
Hepatitus A	Yes-feces-poor sanitation	15 mths to 5 yrs	2	0	3916	78,320	2901	131	2620	97	3	7	140	5	0	-	-
Rotavirus	Yes-body fluids, feces	6 wks-14 wks 6d or not at all	2 or 3	-4	7914	158,280	5862	650	13000	481	20 to 60	23	460	17	7	140	5
Meningococcal	Yes-mucus, kissing very close prolonged contact	12 yrs (7th gr) 17 yrs (12th gr)	2	0	3095	61,900	2293	158	3160	117	5	9	180	7	0	-	-

1. VAERS is the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, available at http://www.medalerts.org/.
2. Vaccines 2.0 the Careful Parent's Guide to Making Safe Vaccination Choices for Your Family, by Mark Blaxill and Dan Olmsted.
3. Vaccine injuries are estimated to be under reported by a factor of 1% reported to 10% reported (10 times to 100 times under reported). We have chosen an under reporting rate of 5% reported (under reporting of 20 times) for the chart above.

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