In addition to outright lying, one way the right tries to enforce their morality is by denying information to people, particularly to women and teens. Because so much of their agenda is aimed at controlling sexuality and enforcing births, information about birth control cannot be allowed. While they talk about preventing abortions, their true underlying agenda becomes clear when we discuss birth control. In their view, the only information kids should get about sex is advice to abstain, and information about birth control and STDs shouldn’t be allowed.
Now I don’t personally think teens in general should be having sex, especially young teens. But the problem with abstinence-only education is that it doesn’t work. This blog posting at the Ms. magazine site points out that in Texas