On April 23, teenagers and AIDS activists in Connecticut rallied at the state capitol, supporting a state bill that would get comprehensive sex education into schools, the Hartford Courant reports (courant.com, 4/24).
The bill would provide $500,000 in state grants to school districts that offer students “medically accurate” health education. Classes would cover sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, abstinence and contraception, among other topics.
“Adults are scared to talk about it, so the kids are talking to each other and they’re getting infected at the ages of 10, 13, 15,” said Ryan Grant, 38, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who says he contracted HIV when he was 15. “That should not be happening; kids need to be educated.”
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xss500, new york, 2008-07-31 04:33:05
To control AIDS and other STDs the state should promote sex education in the schools and colleges.
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