Women Stuff

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Now That’s a Smart Mom I’d like to commend the Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., mother who turned in her 14-year-old son after his photo was aired on TV as a suspect in the carjacking of an elderly woman. It shows that mother had confidence that the police wouldn’t harm her son. I’m […]

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Denial Doesn’t Make Pregnancy Disappear

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Who among us hasn’t panicked when something unexpected happens? But if you’ve had 40 weeks to think about an upcoming event, that is plenty of time to figure things out. That didn’t happen in the case of Cassidy Goodson, 14, of Lakeland, Fla., who faces first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse […]

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Sex Education Works

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Would the U.S. Centers for Disease Control call lawmakers in states with an abstinence-only sex education policy and tell them that their stringent laws won’t solve the teen pregnancy problem. Exhibit A: CDC researchers attribute a decline in teen births to messages about sexual practices, use of contraceptives and greater awareness […]

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