Ohio’s $455,000 abstinence-only sex ed curriculum has been found to be astoundingly flawed by a Case Western public health researcher, including (among other howlers) the following:

• HIV can be transmitted through tears and open-mouthed kissing;
• Contraceptives are to blame for mental health problems in teens;
• Taking the pill will reduce a girl’s future fertility; and
• Students should just “follow God’s plan for purity.”

This in a public school, and funded with public money. ThinkProgress sums it up:

Keeping kids in the dark or filling their heads with misinformation about contraception doesnÕt keep hormonally charged teens from having sex. It just makes it less likely theyÕll have safe sex.