The Governor just vetoed the Sex Education bill that passed during our legislative session. The bill required schools to teach abstinence only. However; right now, Utah has an "opt in" policy that means parents have to CHOOSE to allow their children to participate in the sex education in the schools. They are still pretty strict in what they can teach, this bill just took the limitations one step further.
First, the supporters of the bill provided a pretty good argument that sex education should be taught by the parents and that students who learned abstinence only (according to their studies) tended to delay sex for longer.
The opponents of the bill suggested that the children should be armed with all the information they can get in order to NOT get STD's or get pregnant.
Where do you stand on this? Are you glad the governor vetoed the bill? Do you wish he hadn't? What do you know about sex education and premarital sex?
I'd LOVE to hear from you!@
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