More Texas Schools See Importance of Teaching Safer Sex

Texas Tribune: More Texas Schools Teach Safe Sex With Abstinence, by Morgan Smith:

In the spring, public school students in Midland will cross what until very recently was the political third rail of sex education. For the first time, they will be taught about contraception — and how to practice safe sex.

The West Texas town is known for oil and Republican presidents, not progressive social policy. But after watching the teen pregnancy rates creep up year after year — 172 pregnant girls were enrolled in the town’s public schools last year — many in the community realized something needed to change. . . .