Despite faulty science and misleading characterizations of sex, a sex education program delivered by an Austin crisis pregnancy center remains in use in 13 Texas school districts.
A new anti-abortion rights website has emerged, its aim focused on the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
Speak Now: Girl Scouts is the product of two Texas-based teen sisters, Tess and Sydney Volanski, who claim to have recently quit the Girl Scouts after eight years because they More…
A three-year-old state-funded website in Massachusetts that provides youth-tailored information on sex and reproductive health has fueled recent outrage among anti-abortion rights groups in the state and nationwide, who claim the site promotes misinformation on abortion.
The site has gone largely unnoticed since its inception, but now — More…
Mississippi is the newest state to update its sex-education policy. Last week Gov. Haley Barbour signed into law a bill that, beginning June 30, 2012, requires all school districts to adopt a state-approved sex-education curriculum.
Districts will be required to choose between abstinence-only instruction or sex education that More…
The Mississippi House on Wednesday sent a bill to Gov. Haley Barbour, which, if he signs it, could mean more comprehensive sex education for state public schools, according to the Associated Press.
Mississippi has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies in the U.S., according to a More…
I haven’t written much about the campaign against “safe schools czar” Kevin Jennings because Media Matters researchers have done such a good job debunking it. Needless to say, Jennings’ foes have consistently grabbed the most controversial sex-positive pamphlets and presentations from GLSEN, Jennings’s old group — a longtime target More…
Perhaps there’s nothing eye-popping about a small-town mayor rejoicing over a big-time check from Washington, but in the context of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s claims to rugged federalism, the celebration takes on a new meaning.
Similarly, there’s nothing inherently unusual or terribly controversial about a 17-year-old getting pregnant More…
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