I absolutely agree with this post on Senate Bill 521. Texas had the third highest teenage-pregnancy birth rate last year in all of the United States. I heard a speaker at the Brown Syposium a couple of months ago talk about the importance of sex education to young teens. Right now, Texas has a strict "abstinence only" sex education method, which fails to provide the OTHER methods that are available if a teen is to have sex. Which in reality, is bound to happen. They do not teach about condoms, communication with their partner, birth control, or anything of the sort. They simply teach "Say No," which doesn't provide pre-cautionary measures that could be taken. I agree that this bill is taking a step in the wrong direction. If they want the pregnancy rates to lessen- they need to DO THINGS that will make that happen! Such as passing out condoms/taking the stuff from Planned Parenthood would be a great start, in my opinion. And yes, sexual education in school would definitely eliminate the awkward conversation between the teen and their parents. Whew!
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