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Staff editorial (April 12, 2012)

The Spectator Staff
April 12, 2012

Last Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed 51 bills on Thursday and announced the list of bills on Friday.  Among them are three controversial bills that limit access to abortion services stress, abstinence-only sex education and repeal the state’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which made it... Read more »

Abstinence-only is not the answer

Haley Zblewski
October 20, 2011

On Sept. 30, state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) introduced a bill that would overturn the Healthy Young Act, Wisconsin’s current law on sex education. Under the Healthy Young Act, signed in to Wisconsin law on Feb. 24, 2010, school districts are allowed to choose whether or not to offer sex education... Read more »

The Grind: Abstinence-only sex-ed is ineffective

David Taintor
February 4, 2010

Every once in a while, legislators make responsible decisions. Gov. Jim Doyle recently signed a bill that would require all state public schools to include birth control and sexually transmitted disease education in their sex-ed curriculum, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. It comes as no surprise... Read more »