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.
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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.
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.
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See recent postsHow not to teach sex ed
Alabama keeps trying abstinence-only sex ed. It has failed spectacularly. So we're going to try it more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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See recent postsThere’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.