Good and bad news out of Arizona

No misinformation in sex-ed classes in my state!
Adding to her excellent record on reproductive health issues, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano recently turned down $1 million in federal funds for abstinence-only education.

“While we all support abstinence-only and don’t believe, in particular, that teenagers should be engaged in sexual relationships of that sort, the fact of the matter is that some do,” Napolitano said. “They need to have complete information for their own health.”

Arizona is the 16th state to reject federal abstinence-only dollars.
In not-so-great Arizona news, an appeals court just ruled in favor of “Choose Life” license plates. Grrr. As we’ve mentioned before, most states don’t also provide a “Choose Choice” (har har) license plate option. And in many cases, the state is, uh, less than diligent in monitoring how anti-choice groups are spending the proceeds from these license plates.