Saturday, November 26, 2011

If not now, when?

Interesting look at the issue of sex education in the Wisconsin State Journal.  Apparently in 2010, a comprehensive sex education curriculum was passed, and this year's Republicans want to reverse that.  Leaving aside the whole issue of abortion funding which the article also covers, I've never gotten a real answer to my question:  When exactly do Republicans think that today's teens will receive the comprehensive sex education they need?  And from who?  Clearly many parents aren't doing it, which means teens are getting their information from potentially unreliable sources of information.

Today's teens are tomorrow's adults.  If we want to cut down on unplanned pregnancies, on sexually transmitted diseases, etc. then kids need to be educated.  Now, that's good policy.

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