Texas Republican states, on audio, that attending a sex education class taught by Planned Parenthood gets kids "hot and bothered" and results in pregnancy.

Courtesy of Little Green Footballs:

Check out the audio clip of the conversation among state Rep. Steve Toth, R-The Woodlands, state Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, and state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin. The three were speaking just minutes after the House State Affairs Committee approved legislation with extreme abortion restrictions that could cause most of the state’s clinics to close. Rep. Howard was explaining to her colleagues that responsible sex education, including information on birth control, would lower the number of unplanned pregnancies and abortions. Rep. Toth didn’t agree: 

“My wife worked at a home for unwed moms, and one of the little kids that was born, his name is David. David came about as a result of his mom and dad, who were just 16 at the time, going to a Planned Parenthood deal where they taught them how to use contraceptives. They were not sexually active at that point. They got into the car, and they were so hot and bothered from this deal, he couldn’t even get the condom on.” 

If you listen to the rest of the clip, you’ll hear an exasperated Rep. Howard asking her colleagues to move beyond absurd anecdotes and provide some real data to back up their arguments. Needless to say, they have no data to provide. Rep. Toth and Rep. Zedler, like so many of their colleagues at the Capitol, apparently prefer to legislate by anecdote. But we can point to some real facts on sex education: 

A 2012 study found no evidence that formal sex education leads teens to initiate sexual activity earlier or to engage in greater risk taking. 

A November 2007 report explained that “two-thirds of the 48 comprehensive programs that supported both abstinence and the use of condoms and contraceptives for sexually active teens had positive behavioral effects.” Many either delayed or reduced sexual activity, reduced the number of sexual partners, or increased condom or contraceptive use. None of the comprehensive programs hastened the initiation of sex or increased the frequency of sex. Access to effective contraception dramatically reduces unplanned pregnancy and abortion.

Here is the audio tape for those who cannot believe that this level of ignorance exists:

You know I have been to women's clinics a few items in my live, including Planned Parenthood, and I cannot remember ANYTHING in the educational materials which got my engine revving.

And this includes when I was sixteen years old, and I got an erection if a female simply bit her lip. arched her back, or flicked her hair out of her face.

This is just more of these ridiculous attacks against Planned Parenthood which the GOP now sees as the root of all evil. You know that and Obamacare.