sex education

Legislature

House passes bill revising Alabama sex education standards

Alabama House passes SB209, shifting public school sex education to sexual risk avoidance, adding online safety, parental notice and opt-out provisions.

April 8, 2026

The V tackles sex-ed fight, prison oversight, GOP ballot battles

Bill Britt, Susan Britt and Josh Moon examine education policy, prison reform and escalating Republican ballot disputes.

March 2, 2026

Alabama Senate passes bill to prohibit comprehensive sex ed

The Alabama Senate passed a bill requiring sexual risk avoidance education and prohibiting comprehensive sex education.

February 20, 2026

How not to teach sex ed

Alabama keeps trying abstinence-only sex ed. It has failed spectacularly. So we're going to try it more.

February 13, 2026

Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill

An Alabama Senate committee advanced legislation Thursday requiring public schools to exclusively teach sexual risk avoidance, effectively rebranding abstinence-only sex education.

February 12, 2026

Bill to bolster abstinence-only sex education reintroduced for 2026

The proposed legislation aims to expand public sex education's emphasis on abstinence, requiring K-12 initiatives to exclusively teach sexual risk avoidance.

July 1, 2025

Senate Democrats block sex ed bill with late-night filibuster

The bill that would require Alabama public schools to teach abstinence-based sex education is likely dead.

May 1, 2025

Bill prohibiting certain sex ed providers one step closer to passage

The bill would prevent sex education materials from being "Sexually explicit" and prohibit demonstration of contraception use.

May 2, 2024

There’s nothing “radical” about quality sex education

Alabama has the fifth-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. More fact-based sex ed is exactly what we need.

September 29, 2022