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- Louisiana Court Bars District From Using Sex-Education Program Teaching Abstinence. Portner, Jessica // Education Week;3/31/1993, Vol. 12 Issue 27, p17
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- WHO SHOULD CONTROL EDUCATION? Slosser, Bob // Saturday Evening Post;Nov86, Vol. 258 Issue 8, p32
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