Sex ed bill amended, impact unclear among Utah lawmakers

Published: Thursday, Feb. 9 2012 8:42 p.m. MST

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A bill that would have banished all talk of contraception from public schools was amended and passed by a House committee Thursday.

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one old man

Ogden, UT

As an elementary teacher a few years ago, I was shocked at the number of kids as young as 9 who came trying to ask questions about things that troubled and puzzled them -- but that they were afraid to ask their parents. Most of them were rather More..

9:16 a.m. Feb. 10, 2012
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Lagomorph

Salt Lake City, UT

Article: "I think we are intellectually dishonest when we teach pregnancy prevention in our classes and do not teach the only sure pregnancy prevention," Wright said.

Actually, the intellectual dishonesty comes in perpetuating More..

1:07 p.m. Feb. 10, 2012
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Utexmom

Flower Mound, TX

According to a study done by BYU years ago, abstinence education does work, but only if the teacher believes in it. I have to emphasize this - only if the the teacher believes in it. A teacher will not teach effectively anything that he/she does More..

9:10 p.m. Feb. 9, 2012
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Molly Farmer

Molly Farmer is a reporter covering Utahs public education system for the Deseret News. She is a graduate of Utah State Universitys print journalism program and interned at the Herald Journal in addition to the features more ..

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