A study by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that teenagers who have had formal sex education are far less likely to have sex at an early age (via Reuters).

New Mexico becomes the 15th state to reject federal abstinence-only funding with their Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil saying the department supports programs that give scientific, balanced and complete information to young people (via Dallas News).  

The Seattle Times reports that the Wshington State Health Department has an unusual dilemma regarding funding for sex education, with one state law requiring that it apply for federal abstinence-only grant money - which may be used to promote only abstinence, not contraceptives or condoms - while another requires any sex-ed curricula to teach not only abstinence but other methods of preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Washington State prison officials have pledged to improve rape investigations in response to allegations that there is a culture of sexual assault at the Washington Correctional Center for Women in Purdy (via Seattle Times).  

Planned Parenthood is seeking to strike down a Missouri ballot proposal that would make it an act of "medical negligence" to perform or refer someone for an abortion without first determining it is warranted to prevent death, serious injury or other health risks from the pregnancy.  The proposal lays out no criminal penalties but would let a woman who later regrets an abortion sue the doctors or nurses on allegations they failed to screen her for health risks or coercion (via the News Tribune).