Clik here to view.
BHA: All young people should be legally entitled to age-appropriate Sex and...
Today sees the publication of a new report authored by pro-abstinence group the Family Education Trust, Unhealthy Confusion: The impact of the Healthy Schools Programme on sexual health messages in our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MPs debate Sex and Relationships Education as BHA calls for subject to be...
MPs debated Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) in primary schools yesterday, during an adjournment debate brought forth by Andrea Leadsom, Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire. The British...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christian group slammed for ‘dangerous’ and ‘misleading’ campaign against sex...
Discussions of the Education Bill in the House of Lords became heated last night as prominent children’s rights advocates slammed the Christian Institute for spreading ‘misinformation’ and ‘wicked...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BHA responds to PSHE Review
Today is the final day of the government’s Review of Personal, Social, Health and Economics (PSHE) Education, and the British Humanist Association (BHA) has submitted its response. In it, the BHA has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Action Alert: Tell Congress to Oppose Funding for Abstinence-Only Education
Congress will soon introduce an appropriations bill that funds the federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2012. Unfortunately, this bill contains a $5 million earmark that would revive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nadine Dorries’ abstinence education bill withdrawn… but ‘faith’ schools can...
Nadine Dorries MP has withdrawn her Sex Education (Required Content) Bill, which sought to secure abstinence education for girls only, according to the Guardian. However, this good news comes amid...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BHA speech at protest against Nadine Dorries’ abstinence education bill
Nadine Dorries MP’s proposed Sex Education (Required Content) Bill, which seeks to secure abstinence education for girls only, is due to have its ‘second reading’ in the House of Commons later today....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Junkyard Prophet Profits Mightily
In the wake of publicity and complaints, Superintendent Jim Stanton of Dunkerton [Iowa] Community Schools has received a verbal lashing from parents at a school board meeting March 13 about an assembly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Action Alert: Tell HHS to stop funding abstinence-only education programs
In April, the Department of Health and Human Services added Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education, an abstinence-only education program, to its list of evidence-based pregnancy prevention programs that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cross-party inquiry calls for statutory SRE in schools
A cross-party inquiry into unplanned pregnancy has called for the introduction of statutory Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) in schools. The inquiry, which was led by MPs Amber Rudd, Sandra...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Humanist peers argue for PSHE for all children – with no opt-out for ‘faith’...
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) argued yesterday in favour of introducing statutory Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education, including Sex and Relationships...
View Article
