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Sat Nov-06-04 09:32 AM
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Texas Sex-Ed Texts Barely Mention Contraceptives
Fri, Nov 05, 2004
By Jon Herskovitz
DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas education officials on Friday approved health textbooks for high school students that extol the virtues of sexual abstinence but only make passing mention of contraceptives, which critics say violates state regulations and endangers the health of teens.
The battle in Texas has national implications because the state is the second-biggest market for textbooks in the United States. Books approved by the state's school board are typically marketed nationally.......
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