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 […]
Reproductive Rights
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 […]
Texans in Large Numbers Support State Funding for Family Planning Services
So we know that a huge majority of registered voters in Texas — 68 percent — say women having access to family planning and birth control is important. But what about state funding? Last month’s poll from the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund found that an even larger percentage of registered voters in Texas — […]
