We stand together, a unified voice of reason, in support of age appropriate reproductive health education and access to reproductive health counseling and services for all South Carolinians.

Thank Senators For Protecting Victims of Rape and Incest

Thank SC Senators for protecting the rights of victims of rape and incest Late yesterday afternoon, Senator Bright shocked the South Carolina Senate by proposing an amendment to the budget that removed rights to comprehensive healthcare services for victims of …

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Health Relationships May Photo Challenge Update: HALFWAY MARK

May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, and Tell Them members have been helping bring awareness to this imporatant cause. Each day, Tell Them members have been participating in our Healthy Relationships May Photo-A-Day Challenge highlighting healthy relationships in their own lives. …

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Access, Time, and Risks…

By Ariel Manning, a Senior at Claflin University and a member of the S.W.A.R.M. Council Access to healthcare is one thing, but what happens when you can’t even get to the store?? Many college students are bombarded with many different …

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“Dodging” STDs

By Ariel Manning, a Senior at Claflin University and a member of the S.W.A.R.M. Council Whoever said there was only one way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases??? A game of conventional dodge ball allowed me to teach college students about …

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Weeds and Snakes in the Grass?

By Bonnie Adams, Executive Director of the New Morning Foundation In the scheme of things — considering American taxpayers’ preoccupation with the economy, war, a presidential election, and various other distractions — it’s unlikely that a lot of attention will …

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Two Women Inspired Tell Them’s Healthy Relationships Photo-A-Day Challenge

We’ve been hearing a lot of great things about our Healthy Relationships Photo-A-Day challenge to raise awareness for Teen Pregnancy Awareness Month. While we love taking all the accolades, it’s important that two women be recognized as the inspiration for …

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Healthy Relationships May Photo-A-Day Challenge

May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, and we wanted to find a new, fun way to bring awareness to this important issue. We believe that one of the best ways to combat teen pregnancy rates is to teach and …

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Giving Away Condoms on Campuses Is Tougher Than I Thought

By Emily Rogers, a member of the SWARM Youth Council and student at the College of Charleston My liberal (arts) college allows us to distribute condoms out in the open in the center of campus or anywhere really. But, there’s …

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Urge Your Senators to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

The US Senate is debating the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Since this bipartisan legislation first passed in 1994, it’s been reauthorized twice without a hitch. And it’s been tremendously successful in helping to combat domestic violence, dating …

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Bees at the Movies: Out of Africa

The 1985 film Out of Africa is a romantic drama about life in 20th century Kenya. The characters deal with numerous emotional experiences, including being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. The film begins in Denmark, where Karen Blixen (Meryl …

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