Currently organizations like Planned Parenthood offer a variety of resources geared toward increasing information about safe sex practices, contraceptive use, and HIV/ AIDS. House Bill 1057 seeks to remove this organization’s ability, along with similar organizations, to provide these materials to public schools because the organization is affiliated with abortion in some way.

The resources that are shared with the public schools do not discuss abortion even if the materials come from an organization that supports the right for a woman to choose abortion.

Current Statistics

http://www.tfn.org/site/DocServer/Report_final_web.pdf

Teen pregnancy rate 63.4 out of 1000- 3rd highest in the nation

Repeat teen births: 2nd highest in nation

52% of Texas teens have had sex

38% of Texas teens are currently sexually active

42% of Texas teens did not use a condom during last instance

74.6% of Texas school districts teach strict abstinence only sex education

25.4% of Texas school districts teach abstinence plus sex education

o These include information about contraceptives

o This percentage has increased from 3.6% in the 2007-2008 school year