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Texas Voters Support Abstinence-Plus Sex Education in Schools A New Bipartisan Poll Shows

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A large majority of Texas voters across the political spectrum support abstinence-plus, medically-accurate, and age-appropriate sexual health education in schools, according to a new poll released this week by the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A large majority of Texas voters across the political spectrum support abstinence-plus, medically-accurate, and age-appropriate sexual health education in schools, according to a new poll released this week by the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
  • The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is preparing to revise the state's sex education curriculum standards for the first time in two decades.
  • "The poll shows that Texas voters support providing youth with common sense information that they need to stay healthy and thrive," said Molly Clayton, Executive Director of the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
  • The Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is also part of the TexasIsReady.org campaign, which launched in March to support better sex education in Texas.