A new study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, demonstrates that education may be associated with an increase in abstinence. While the study does not focus on contraception, you can be comprehensive sexuality education advocates will twist the results to make it appear so.
In my opinion it is ok to teach students about their bodies, as long as it's done in the context of a biology class and free of discussion of contraceptives. There is nothing wrong with knowing how reproductive organs work - in fact, if anything, it could help prevent teens from having sex in the first place.
Some excerpts from an article in Newswise Medical News:
The study did not explore the hottest debate in sex education: whether classes should teach about contraception or focus entirely on abstinence. Students received sex education if they had either or both types of instruction, according to the study.
While the study suggests a link between sex education and sexual behavior, researchers did not design it to prove a cause-and-effect relationship between the two definitively.
My response to the message below:
Well, sex education is a broad term, which *can* be used to describe lessons concerning the reproductive system.
Additionally, the trend among those espousing contraception is to use the phrases "comprehensive sexuality education" and "sexuality education" to describe their programs.
Finally, why not take the language back?
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Your headline is quite misleading... they are talking about learning about the reproductive system in biology class, not about sex ed, which translates: instructions on how to take a pill or put on a condom and indoctrination on why young people must do that. Can you change that headline? Thanks.