
Abstinence Only Education Not Good Choice for Texas
I guess these folks haven’t seen the numbers proving abstinence education is not working. In 2013, Texas had the third-highest number of HIV diagnoses in the country, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. Texas public schools are not required to teach sex ed, so it comes as no surprise to me that the Lone Star State also has one of the highest teen birth rates. If passed, this budget cut will force us even further along a road that is leading our children to d