The Texas Freedom Network has been at the State Board of Education to call for the adoption of an African American Studies course for Texas public schools. We just sent out the following press release. […]
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Heidi Group Scam Highlights the Dangers of Playing Politics with Women’s Health Care
Texas investigators have ordered the anti-abortion Heidi Group to repay at least $1.5 million to taxpayers for overpayments and other alarming irregularities while contracted with the state to provide reproductive health care services to women. The group, which served only a fraction of the tens of thousands of women it promised to provide services for, got the money […]
Texas Health Curriculum Standards Overhaul Veers Off Course Out of the Gate
In a state that long has had one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation, it’s clear that the state’s abstinence-focused curriculum standards for health and sex education need an overhaul. But that’s not how abstinence-only politicians on the State Board of Education see things. Information TFN has obtained through an open records request shows […]
Note to Texas HHS: Wearing Pink for Women’s Health Isn’t Nearly Enough
The anti-abortion ideologues who run the Texas Health and Human Services Commission want Texans to wear pink for women’s health on Tuesday. But that kind of chutzpah should have a lot of Texas women seeing red. […]
Push for Public School Bible Courses Gets White House Endorsement Regardless of Serious Problems
Efforts by religious conservatives to get more public schools to teach courses about the Bible got the public support of President Trump late last month: […]
