The Louisiana House on Monday voted 67-23 against a bill (HB 529) that would have required public schools to provide instruction on sex education for students in grades four through 12, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. The vote effectively kills the measure’s chances for passage this year, according to the Advocate…
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Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.), who announced his resignation on Tuesday after admitting to an extramarital affair with a staff member, has a record as a staunch proponent of abstinence-only sex education and other socially conservative views, including opposition to abortion rights, the AP/Yahoo! News reports. Souder’s announcement comes two weeks after his victory in the [...]
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The new health law has renewed concerns about some moral and religious issues, such as the government’s role in providing sex education and health care workers’ ability to opt out of providing end-of-life care and abortions…
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Arizona’s Kyrene School District in 2011 will begin teaching seventh- and eighth-graders that condoms can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies, making the district’s sex education curriculum one of the most comprehensive in the state, the Arizona Republic reports…
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Wisconsin parents, teachers and legal experts are criticizing a letter from Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth that warned educators they could face criminal charges for the delinquency of a minor if they comply with a new law requiring school sex education programs to teach about contraception, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports…
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Although the recently released “Hotshot” condom in Switzerland “has already launched a thousand jokes,” the condom designed specifically for sexually active boys ages 12 to 14 “could become part of the sex-education toolbox,” Washington Times columnist Cheryl Wetzstein writes…
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A bill (SF 2645) in the Minnesota Legislature would require each school district to create an “abstinence-first” sex education curriculum with “age-appropriate” lessons on human sexuality and information about condoms and other contraceptives, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports…
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Former Jersey City, N.J., Mayor Bret Schundler — Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) nominee to lead the New Jersey Department of Education — told the state Senate Judiciary Committee this week that he would let local districts decide how to teach sex education, the AP/Asbury Park Press reports…
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The following summarizes recent state legislative action related to abortion rights. ~ Florida: State Rep…
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California’s teenage birth rate reached a record low in 2008, with about 35 births for every 1,000 female teens, according to figures released Monday by the state Department of Public Health, the Los Angeles Times reports. In 2007, the rate was 37.1 births per 1,000 female teens…
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