Post by Logan on Jan 27, 2016 0:46:39 GMT -6
PHOENIX -- Arizona youngsters from kindergarten through high school would be taught sex education unless their parents specifically object under the terms of proposed legislation.
Rep. Juan Mendez, D-Tempe, said too many youngsters grow up with misinformation or no information at all about. The result, he said, is a health crisis of both disease and unwanted pregnancy.
Separately, Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Phoenix, is pushing to repeal a law that requires Arizona schools to portray homosexuality as anything but positive in their sex education courses.
But Josh Kredit, attorney for the Center for Arizona Policy, dismissed both measures as "dangerous."
Read more: azdailysun.com/news/local/bills-seek-mandatory-sex-education-unless-parents-opt-out/article_5d06529e-a235-5df1-b594-b3d789609f74.html
Rep. Juan Mendez, D-Tempe, said too many youngsters grow up with misinformation or no information at all about. The result, he said, is a health crisis of both disease and unwanted pregnancy.
Separately, Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Phoenix, is pushing to repeal a law that requires Arizona schools to portray homosexuality as anything but positive in their sex education courses.
But Josh Kredit, attorney for the Center for Arizona Policy, dismissed both measures as "dangerous."
Read more: azdailysun.com/news/local/bills-seek-mandatory-sex-education-unless-parents-opt-out/article_5d06529e-a235-5df1-b594-b3d789609f74.html