There's been sex-ed in schools for forever - I'm 52 and I had sex-ed. My daughter's 29, she had it. Has something changed?
Was it abstinence only sex education?
Sex ed will change under Republican leadership. What good is abstinence only sex education, it didn't even work with Palin's own daughter.
Feb, 2010
The proposed new law would require any Wisconsin public school district that offers a course in human growth and development — or sexual education — to teach students about sexually transmitted diseases and methods of safe sex, including contraception.
Under current law districts can choose to provide only instruction focusing on abstinence or chastity.
The proposed new law doesn’t require school districts to offer such courses at all, however.
School districts can drop their sex ed classes completely rather than comply, which is what Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action, says her organization will encourage them to do in upcoming mailings. “This is a Planned Parenthood dream come true,” Appling says about the bill. “They have taken options away from local school districts.
Now the choice is something Madison says is best or to have no human growth and development classes at all, which, quite honestly, is the better choice.”
Will school districts drop sex ed rather than comply with state law?
Palin backed abstinence-only education
FirstReadMark writes:
From NBC's Katie Primm and Mark Murray
By the way, as has been pointed out, Palin backed abstinence-only education during her 2006 gubernatorial race. In an Eagle Forum Alaska questionnaire, Palin gave this response to the following question:
Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?
Palin: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.
*** UPDATE *** NBC's Abby Livingston
adds that a McCain spokesperson in May 2007 said the Arizona Republican supported abstinence-only education, too. "Sen. McCain believes the correct policy for educating young children on this subject is to promote abstinence as the only safe and responsible alternative.
First Read - Palin backed abstinence-only education