SUCH IS THE BLUEST STATE IN A PURITAN NATION:

Sex ed that promotes abstinence is approved (John Castellucci, 12/04/06, Providence Journal)

A federally financed abstinence-only sex education program that was barred from the state’s public schools last spring has received the approval it needs to be taught.

Lesson plans revised by Heritage of Rhode Island in response to guidance from the Department of Education now meet state standards and have been approved for use at the high school level, Education Commissioner Peter McWalters announced.