In case anyone thinks that Republican nonsense about matters pertaining to human reproduction is limited to the federal level, I offer the following. During last year's governor's race, Republican Governor Rick Perry was interviewed by Evan Smith from the Texas Tribune. Among the topics was the Governor's support of abstinence-only sex-education.
Governor Perry: Abstinence works.
Evan Smith: But we have the third highest teen pregnancy rate among all states in the country.
Governor Perry: It works.
Evan Smith: Can you give me a statistic suggesting it works?
Governor Perry: I’m just going to tell you from my own personal life. Abstinence works.
Apparently, Perry's personal life does not intersect with the part of his state that ranks among the highest in the nation in teen pregnancies.
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