Shift reflects a nationwide push in conservative states to restrict what kids can learn about themselves and their bodies
Some Florida school districts are rolling back a more comprehensive approach to sex education in favour of abstinence-focused lessons under pressure from state officials who have labelled certain instruction on contraception, anatomy and consent as inappropriate for students.
Under recent changes to state law, it’s now up to the Florida Department of Education to sign off on school districts’ curriculum on reproductive health and disease education if they use teaching materials other than the state’s designated textbook. “Sex ed is sexual abuse prevention. It’s dating violence prevention. And it just helps young people develop healthier relationships and actually delay sexual initiation,” Barr told The Associated Press. “We still have 1 in 4 teens pregnant at least once before age 20. So for us to cut contraceptive information and education is really doing young people a disservice. It’s very harmful.”
“Florida law requires schools to emphasize the benefits of sexual abstinence as the expected standard and the consequences of teenage pregnancy,” department communications director Sydney Booker said. “A state government should not be emphasizing or encouraging sexual activity among children or minors and is therefore right to emphasize abstinence.”
Barr said the concerns expressed about curriculum were “inconsistent” from district to district and were communicated verbally, not over e-mail.
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