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NEW YORK — The United Nations is recommending that children as young as five receive mandatory sexual education that would teach even pre-kindergarteners about masturbation and topics like gender violence. The U.N.'s Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a 98-page report in June offering a universal lesson plan for kids ranging in age from 5-18, an "informed approach to effective sex, relationships" and HIV education that they say is essential for "all young people." The U.N. insists the program is "age appropriate," but critics say it's exposing kids to sex far too early, and offers up abstract ideas —...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said Wednesday it would end anonymity for sperm and egg donors next year in an move that a fertility expert said could worsen the country's already critical shortage of donations. Children conceived from donated eggs or sperm will have the right to track down their biological parents from the age of 18, public health minister Melanie Johnson told a news conference. "I firmly believe donor-conceived people have a right to information about their genetic origins that is currently denied them, including the identity of their donor," she said. "Today's new regulations will...remove the major discrepancy that...