A bill about sex education passed the Senate in Illinois this week. And we must say, we're excited to see it a step closer to being law. The legislation requires any schools that teach sex education to include contraception in their courses. The bill says the curriculum must be “age appropriate” and “medically accurate” … Which means no more lying to kids about statistics to scare them into abstaining.

Some Illinois lawmakers who firmly believe that teaching kids about contraception will only encourage promiscuity are a touch on the annoyed side.

“Why do you want to duplicate a failed policy?” Sen. Dan Duffy (R) asked. “This policy would do the opposite of what we want—increase pregnancies and increase the frequency of STDs.”

Unfortunately, this law won't mandate sex ed in schools, and parents will still be allowed to have their children “opt out” of the course. But at least the courses in existence will be honest.

The Illinois House will get to vote on the bill next.