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After abortion restrictions, Texas recasts sex education away from abstinence-only focus
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoDALLAS — J.R. Chester got pregnant the summer before her senior year of high school. A bright...
What is taught in NC sex ed? State law promotes abstinence, heterosexual relationships
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2016, Cumberland County Schools shifted to a new sex education program that was comprehensive,...
Fort Worth ISD approves abstinence-based sex education curriculum after divided debate
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Texas Education Code requires districts to implement a curriculum that encourages abstinence....
Teen pregnancy and STI rates show Tennessee has a sex ed health crisis
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoSex education is not mandated in Tennessee public schools, and if schools decide to provide...
Gwinnett school district votes to keep abstinence-only sex education program
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter months of backlash, Gwinnett County Public Schools will stick with an abstinence-only...
Missouri is above average in teen pregnancy, STDs. Could comprehensive sex education help?
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn recent months, the concept of "comprehensive sex education" has been a popular point of...
How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoVarious birth control pills available at a Planned Parenthood in Austin. Credit: Todd Wiseman/The...
'Set them up for failure': Sex education not required in many states where abortion is or will be...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClose to half of the roughly two dozen states where abortion is or will soon be outlawed or heavily...
The Right-Wing Crusade Against Teen Birth Control Could Be Coming to Your State Soon
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTeens in Texas today can’t get birth control at federally funded clinics without their parents’...
Sex ed could prevent unwanted pregnancies. Indiana doesn't require schools to teach it.
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor two weeks, Indiana lawmakers have been locked in debate about how to reduce the number of...