Today we saw a big reason why sex education is so awful in Texas, a state with one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation. Polling shows that 84 percent of registered voters in Texas want high school sex education classes to teach about birth control along with the importance of abstinence. But […]
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Texas Clergy Support Broad Access to Birth Control, State Funding for Family Planning
We already told you about our new statewide poll showing that a large majority of registered voters in Texas support broad access to birth control. Today clergy from around the state met at the Texas Capitol to call on lawmakers to ensure that all women, regardless of income, have access to family planning services. We […]
TEXAS CLERGY SUPPORT BROAD ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL
Clergy Members Call on Legislature to Reverse Cuts to Family Planning Services for Low-Income Women FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2013 Clergy from around Texas gathered at the state Capitol in Austin today to support women’s access to birth control and to call on lawmakers to restore funding for family planning services for low-income women. […]
Texas Senate Education Committee to Take Up Pro-Vouchers, Anti-Sex Ed Bills on Tuesday
The Texas Freedom Network will be focused Tuesday on two bills being heard by the Senate Education Committee: one that would create an expensive private school voucher program and another that could effectively end sex education in much of the state. Senate Bill 115 by state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, would create a voucher […]
The Week in Quotes (Feb. 24 – March 2)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
