Sex education stumbles in Mississippi

Apr 09, 2014 22:28

Even a law requiring schools to teach sex ed is falling short in a state with one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the U.S.TUNICA, Miss. - Marie Barnard was delighted when, after decades of silence on the topic, Mississippi passed a law requiring school districts to teach sex education. But the lesson involving the Peppermint Pattie wasn't ( Read more... )

religious politics, pregnancy, mississippi, homophobia, sex ed, teenagers, misogyny

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apostle_of_eris April 11 2014, 14:10:41 UTC
The unofficial Georgia state motto: Thank God for Mississippi!

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