As parents and students prepare for the first day of school they check off the normal list; school supplies, new clothes and bus routes. Yet one part is very different from last year: sex education. In 2009, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Healthy Youth Act which instructs schools to teach a more contraception-focused [...]
- Feb12
What people are saying about abstinence-based sex ed
Robert Rector of the NRO takes aim at the left’s response to the recent findings of abstinence-based sex education. Here are a few highlights of his article: You can bet that anyone who pontificates about “moralistic overtones” in abstinence education has never held an actual abstinence curriculum in his hands, let alone read one. Second, [...]
- Nov17
A Misleading Report from the CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began a task force to analyze 83 studies of contraceptive-based sexual education programs. The report concludes that group-based comprehensive risk reduction programs will reduce some of the negative consequences of adolescent sexual activity, writes the North Carolina Family Policy Council. However, two members of the task force, [...]
- 2Sep15
Sexual Rights and SIECUS
Dr. Miriam Grossman, the author of “You’re Teaching my Child What?” recently appeared on the Michael Medved show to debate the Vice President of Information and Education of the Sexual Information and Education Council, Martha Kempner. SIECUS is the lead architect behind Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) which is rapidly replacing Abstinence until Marriage curriculums across [...]