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Excuse us, Utah, but what's with the anti-sex ed law?

 

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According to The Daily Beast, Utah’s state legislature has passed a bill that pretty much bans sex-ed from public school classrooms. Under the new law, schools will be unable to teach contraception as a means of birth control or protection against STDs. Discussion of homosexuality will also be prohibited. 

 

All we’ve gotta say is…really, Utah? Regardless of conservative politics, moral values or religious beliefs, in this day and age, is it really smart to completely eliminate sex-ed from public schools? We get that waiting until marriage for sex is a value many Americans ascribe to. But even if a girl decides to wait, wouldn’t it be better for her to be fully informed of her options and simply opt not to go there rather than to potentially make one uninformed decision that affects her entire life?

 

No matter your stance on sex-ed or the act itself, facts are facts. More than three-quarters of girls have had sex before they turn 20—and that’s for girls who’ve had sex ed. The number jumps to 86 percent without a solid sex-ed curriculum. Eliminating sex-ed doesn’t seem to reduce rates of sexual activity, it increases them, yahoo.com reports. And if teens are going to be having sex regardless of what anyone says or does, shouldn’t they be having safe sex? We certainly think so.

 

Tell us what you think of this new law in the comments, babes!
 
 

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BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 3/12/2012 5:38:00 PM

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This is horrible... not only does it mean more pregnancy but not allowed to talk about homosexuality? many people estimate that 10% of people are homosexual. that's one-tenth of utah's population that will not know what to do and obviously receive NO support from schools!

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by cityduck on 2/4/2013 8:45:28 AM

 
 



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I was just wondering a few things, if we send a question to dear carol or bill and Dave etc on the website, how do we get an answer back and if so how? And when they ask for our name do we put our actual name or a creative one? Also, how do people get their questions posted on the website? I'm not saying I want to, I'm just really curious. Thanks!!

 

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If you send a question in for advice, we will chose several that we'd like to post on our website. You'll get a notification when your question has been answered. As for the creative names, we often make them up, but feel free to make one for yourself! We are big on protecting privacy here at GL so we don't allow girls to sign their names after asking a question.  


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by British-IrishBoybands<3 on 7/9/2012 1:04:14 PM

 
 

i think sex ed is super important. it made me realize the dangers of sex and made me want to wait

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by hjr811 on 4/8/2012 7:21:36 PM

 
 

All right, FIRST OFF, Yes, GL could have phrased it better to say the they were blaming the GOVERNMENT of Utah or something, but we are all smart people here, ladies. We should be MATURE enough to know that they are not talking about the ENITRE state of Utah (Meaning Citizens AND Government) Honestly in my opinion, if you can't figure that out or you just want to start some random drama,you should GET OFF THIS PAGE AND STOP READING THE MAGAZINE. No one should flip over some words that weren't phrased well.

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by XxUTookMahFonexX on 4/7/2012 5:07:14 PM

 
 

Ok, I'm pretty sure this was said already, but the law wasn't passed. The Governor veto-ed it because it was that ridiculous. Not trying to sound mean, I just don't like all the hate towards my state....

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