Wisconsin Senate votes to replace comprehensive sex-ed with abstinence/marriage-focused curriculum

Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Senate took steps Thursday to undo comprehensive sex education in schools. Senators voted 17-15 — along party lines — for a bill that would require schools that teach sexual education to promote marriage and teach abstinence as the “only reliable way” to prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted More…

Senate Finance Committee Approves Amendment Providing Millions for Abstinence Education

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday night approved an amendment providing tens of millions of dollars to fund abstinence education programs for teens.

The proposal, offered by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), would provide $50 million per year through 2014 exclusively for abstinence education programs. The measure would effectively reinstate the More…