April 3, 2015

Texas Slashes Funding For HIV Prevention During Outbreak, Dumps It Into Abstinence Education

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/02/texas-slashes-funding-for-hiv-prevention-during-outbreak-dumps-it-into-abstinence-education/
"It’s important to remember that amid all this focus on Indiana’s universally panned anti-gay legislation, Republican legislators in other states are still plugging away with their very own terrible bills. Texas, for example, decided HIV and STD prevention backed by scientifically-tested medical interventions should be defunded in order to go all in on “abstinence-only” education."