Sex-ed for dummies

Education | With abstinence-only programs under fire, lawmakers renew push for “comprehensive” programs that don’t comprehend parental values | Lynn Vincent

Warning: Graphic material

Before state Sen. Brad Zaun on April 9 began reading from a proposed sex-education curriculum on the floor of the Iowa senate, he told parents in the gallery that they might want to remove their children from the chamber.

Some did. Then Zaun, a Republican, began reading from Safer Choices, Level 1, the "comprehensive" and "medically accurate" curriculum that Senate Democrats claimed would serve Iowa public-school kids better than abstinence-based sex education: "'Explain that students will now have a chance to work in pairs to practice with condoms,'" Zaun read. "'Explain that one person will read the directions on the worksheet while the other practices unrolling a condom over two fingers.'"

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