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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,...
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...
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...
Teen pregnancy and STI rates show Tennessee has a sex ed health crisis
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSex education is not mandated in Tennessee public schools, and if schools decide to provide...
NH Executive Council votes to defund sex education program. What the vote means
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter the New Hampshire Executive Council voted Tuesday to defund a sex education program aimed at...
Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDES MOINES, Iowa - A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of...
Fort Worth ISD approves abstinence-based sex education curriculum after divided debate
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Texas Education Code requires districts to implement a curriculum that encourages abstinence....
NH Republican executive councilors hold up funding for after-school sex ed
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThree New Hampshire Executive Council Republicans have for a second time paused funding for a...
Philly has highest STI rates in the country – improving sex ed in schools and access to at-home...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoSyphilis cases have increased 30% among 15- to 24-year-olds in Philadelphia since 2019, while cases...