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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
  Texas Board of Ed: pro AIDS, pro teen pregnancy

The new health textbooks approved by the Texas Board of Education barely mention birth control... apparently they are hoping to either kill off the new generation of kids, or assuming that they will get their info from other sources. (After all, schools aren't really supposed to be educating the kids or anything.)

Not really so surprising from the state whose former governor supports the global gag rule.

I do think that encouraging abstinence among teens is a good idea, but I also think they should be taught about birth control and ways to prevent disease spread. Teens will still be having sex even if we discourage it. Shouldn't we give them the weapons that can protect them?

Of course, we do send our soldiers to war without proper equipment.

Hell, even in my Catholic high school the nun who taught us health ed showed us various forms of birth control. (She did try to make them seem as ridiculous as possible, but she lost some cred when she was unable to break the condom she described as flimsy.)

 
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