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Parent Wanted Their Child To Have An Accurate Sex Education But The School Resisted
"An Ohio parent is upset that their child was given inaccurate information about sexual health and unwanted pregnancy by the Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County — a conservative faith-based organization — in their eighth grade family and consumer science class.
According to the parent, who wishes to remain anonymous, the Wooster High School student was told that marriage protects people from sexual transmitted infections, people shouldn’t have children until they are married, and that if someone is a survivor of incest or rape, they must either keep the child or give the child up for adoption.
The center also never acknowledged the existence of LGBT students during the presentation, which upset some of the LGBT students the eighth grader is friends with. It was the first time the student had been given any sexual health information in school.
“I am outraged, offended by what was presented to my [child],” the parent, who ended up contacting the American Atheists Legal Center for help pushing back against the pregnancy center, told ThinkProgress.
The parent complained to an associate principal, Andrew Bratcher, that there should have been notice that the center would speak to the class. Bratcher said it was an annual event. When the parent reached out to another associate principal, Nolan Wickard, to suggest that a representative from the Wooster Health Care Center — a Planned Parenthood clinic — should be brought in to present accurate medical information and offer more options for students facing unwanted pregnancies, he reportedly denied that request.
Principal Tyler Keener told ThinkProgress that the parent has been “very disgruntled with our city school district for quite some time,” and said the three statements in question were “taken out of context,” though he did acknowledge that the presentation didn’t cover issues related to the LGBT community."
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Would add many states have no requirement that school sex-ed 'be scientifically accurate.'
"An Ohio parent is upset that their child was given inaccurate information about sexual health and unwanted pregnancy by the Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County — a conservative faith-based organization — in their eighth grade family and consumer science class.
According to the parent, who wishes to remain anonymous, the Wooster High School student was told that marriage protects people from sexual transmitted infections, people shouldn’t have children until they are married, and that if someone is a survivor of incest or rape, they must either keep the child or give the child up for adoption.
The center also never acknowledged the existence of LGBT students during the presentation, which upset some of the LGBT students the eighth grader is friends with. It was the first time the student had been given any sexual health information in school.
“I am outraged, offended by what was presented to my [child],” the parent, who ended up contacting the American Atheists Legal Center for help pushing back against the pregnancy center, told ThinkProgress.
The parent complained to an associate principal, Andrew Bratcher, that there should have been notice that the center would speak to the class. Bratcher said it was an annual event. When the parent reached out to another associate principal, Nolan Wickard, to suggest that a representative from the Wooster Health Care Center — a Planned Parenthood clinic — should be brought in to present accurate medical information and offer more options for students facing unwanted pregnancies, he reportedly denied that request.
Principal Tyler Keener told ThinkProgress that the parent has been “very disgruntled with our city school district for quite some time,” and said the three statements in question were “taken out of context,” though he did acknowledge that the presentation didn’t cover issues related to the LGBT community."
rest at link
Would add many states have no requirement that school sex-ed 'be scientifically accurate.'
