Abstinence Education — the idea that you can curb teen pregnancy just by lecturing kids to not have sex — continues to prove utterly ineffective. And those who advocate it continue to deny it doesn't work. They have to. The alternative would be to admit that kids are just plain going to have sex and we need to deal with that reality. Here's the latest from Texas, a state that could use a good dose of martial law.
The article also mentions a new law that would prohibit private insurers from covering abortion in all cases except for medical emergencies. Where does the government come off telling a private industry that they can't support a completely legal activity?