Dear John, We've just learned that the Minnesota House Education Policy Committee will consider a dangerous "comprehensive" sex education bill on Wednesday. We need you to send a message now telling committee members to vote NO on this bill. What's so bad about "comprehensive" sex education? Here's three big reasons why it does NOT belong in Minnesota classrooms: (1) Comprehensive sex education (CSE) includes explicit sexual content for early elementary children, which is strongly opposed by most parents. (2) Studies have shown that CSE does NOT do any of the following when compared to Sexual Risk Avoidance or abstinence-based sex education: - Does NOT delay sexual activity
- Does NOT reduce teen pregnancy
- Does NOT reduce number of sexual partners
- Does NOT result in lower STD transmission rates
(3) HF 358 provides NO specific parental notification for controversial discussions of explicit subjects with schoolchildren. What would this mean in practice? It would mean that Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of sex education in Minnesota, would have an even firmer grip on Minnesota's classrooms. Act now to keep that from happening. |
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