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Rep. Tim Faust, DFL-Hinckley, defended sex education legislation in the House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight Committee this morning.

A number of testifiers offered sometimes graphic testimony in criticism of sex education programs in their school districts, and argued the responsible family life and sexuality education legislation devalued successful abstinence-based sex education.

But Faust, citing statistics concerning teenage girls and pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases cited by bill opponents, said the statistics reflected a problem the legislation was attempting to fix.

Faust spoke about how his son, who has taken absolutely no interest in his father’s political career — door knocked only about an hour — volunteered to come to the Capitol on behalf of the bill and testify.

His son believes sex education programs prevent abortions, recounted Faust.

The bill passed the committee.