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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Supporters of a bill updating South Carolina's 25-year-old sex education law say students need accurate information about their bodies to make wise choices in a society filled with sexual messages.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Two Republican legislators say South Carolina's 25-year-old law on sex education must be updated to decrease teen pregnancy and the generational poverty it brings.

Monday, January 16, 2012  New London High School officials plan to offer students birth control and condoms in order to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Friday, March 04, 2011  New study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that young adults between 15 and 24 are having less sex.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009  Bristol Palin says abstinence is best choice, but view not shared by father of her infant son

Sunday, October 19, 2008  A conservative group has been given a $3 million federal grant to promote abstinence in South Carolina.