It’s hard to dispute the facts of an abstinence-only sex education program: Don’t have sex and you won’t get pregnant. Don’t have sex and you won’t get a sexually transmitted disease. This kind of sex education program is taught in 96 percent of Texas classrooms, according to the Texas Freedom Network. Despite standing on this moral high ground and their best efforts, schools districts around the state appear to be realizing that--shock and amazement--teens will still have sex. The state's lackluster record helps prove that. Texas ranks fifth in the country for teen pregnancy, third in young people with AIDS and fourth in terms of syphilis among teens, according to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. more ›

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