Legislation Gives Parental Control Over Sex Education, Bans Abortion Providers

State Representative Jeff Leach (R-Plano) filed legislation last week that would give parents greater control over the human sexuality instruction taught to their children.  Specifically, the...

Texas School District Dumps Drug-Based Sex Education, Keeps Abstinence

Austin, TX, November 16, 2012— Late yesterday, Round Rock I.S.D. became the latest Texas school district to backtrack on a recommendation that the school start teaching...

Texas and National Teen Birth Rates Drop To Historic Lows

A new National Center for Health Statistics report about U.S. teen birth rates and those of Texas teens offers new evidence that Texas’ abstinence-based sex education...