Thursday, August 20, 2026

Judge halts Trump’s abstinence-only overhaul of teen sex ed program - POLITICO

“An educational initiative that counsels teens on how to avoid pregnancy without discussing the realities of unprotected intercourse and its alternatives would seem to defy social reality, common sense, and scientific evidence alike,” Cooper wrote. “Yet HHS seeks to impose these and other unexplained criteria on all TPP grantees moving forward.”… 

In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs accused the administration of unlawfully forcing them to “use non-evidence-based curricula that exclusively promote abstinence-only before marriage” and “ideologically-driven, medically inaccurate information, including misinformation regarding contraception.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/19/judge-halts-trumps-abstinence-only-overhaul-of-teen-sex-ed-program-01041688


 

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