{"id":180999,"date":"2025-04-11T02:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T02:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/senate-committee-approves-bill-mandating-abstinence-only-sex-education\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T02:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T02:30:16","slug":"senate-committee-approves-bill-mandating-abstinence-only-sex-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=180999","title":{"rendered":"Senate committee approves bill mandating abstinence-only sex education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A bill requiring sex education programs in public schools to exclusively teach \u201csexual risk avoidance\u201d took a step toward becoming law Thursday after gaining approval in committee.<\/p>\n<p>SB277 by Sen. Shay Shelnutt, R-Trussville, would also prohibit sex ed programs from providing information about how to seek an abortion, demonstrating how to use a condom, or displaying \u201cSexually explicit\u201d images and materials.<\/p>\n<p>All five speakers at the public hearing spoke in favor of the bill, although previous versions of the bill have faced opposition from the Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health (ACASH) and others who believe in teaching \u201ccomprehensive sex education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really understand why there are two opposite sides to this argument, because I think we can all agree as adults that kids should not be having sex,\u201d said Candy Wagner, school program director at First Choice Women\u2019s Medical Center in Montgomery. \u201cWhen are children here about to turn 21, we don\u2019t say \u2018If you are going to drive under the influence, you should do X, Y, Z\u2019; we tell them not to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shelnutt said comprehensive sex education normalizes teen sex, while sexual risk avoidance curriculum does the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The bill precludes organizations from offering sexual education curriculum if that organization also provides abortions, which would rule out sex education programs from Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill requiring sex education programs in public schools to exclusively teach \u201csexual risk avoidance\u201d took a step toward becoming law Thursday after gaining approval in committee. 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