Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders says she looks at abstinence-only education as almost child abuse, for its failure to equip teens with the tools to manage their feelings and hormones (via
Chicago Tribune).
The Denver Post reports that anti-choice organization Colorado for Equal Rights claims to have collected almost twice the number of signatures needed to place an initiative on the November ballot that would define a fertilized embryo as a person.
In another victory for personal privacy California's Supreme Court overturns the state's ban on gay marriage (via L.A. Times).