Abstinence-only: Custer had a plan, too

[sigma7]

It'd be funny if it weren't so depressing.

An Ohio school board is expanding sex education following the revelation that 13 percent of one high school's female students were pregnant last year.

There were 490 female students at Timken High School in 2005, and 65 were pregnant, WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported.

The new Canton school board program promotes abstinence but also will teach students who decide to have sex how to do so responsibly, bringing the city school district's health curriculum in line with national standards.

Comments

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

That's the key. Sinners, not lawbreakers (in most states, anyway). Public policy should not be based around SIN. Punishing teens by keeping them ignorant is bad public policy.

[iamstillthemoon.livejournal.com]

Abstinence does not teach ignorance. Abstinence teaches the consequences of sex and says to not do them. It does not keep them ignorant. It keeps them healthy and mentally sound.