Blog Watch: Majority Want Utah Schools to Teach Contraception
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At Utah Data Points, Jessica Biggs and Chris Karpowitz report on a new Utah Voter Poll showing that "a significant majority—58.3%—of survey respondents either agreed or strongly agreed that public schools should teach about contraceptive use."

The strong Republican dominance in Utah’s political system may allow HB 363 to escape a veto, despite the widespread approval for the instruction of contraceptive use in Utah’s public schools by a majority of Utah voters. Although Strong Republicans are the only group of Utah voters who strongly support a ban on instruction of contraceptive use, this bloc of the Republican Party overwhelmingly turns out for the caucuses and primary elections in the state. The governor faces a difficult political choice in whether or not to veto this bill; will Herbert go with the majority of Utahns, who seem to oppose this bill, or will he follow the intense preferences of the strong Republicans who support it?

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