I have no problem with sex education that is age appropriate and does not push an agenda, but provides information.
Is that enough? I don't know, you tell me. "Does not push an agenda", is a fairly ambiguous phrase. It sounds good in principle, but I can't imagine it leading to very responsible sex education if it's interpreted in a way that would satisfy most who want to eliminate "the abortion on demand regime".
Again, I'm reluctant to go into this full bore, it's certainly not an issue that's a high priority to me. I think it is, properly, a women's issue. In past debates, I've pointed out repeatedly that about 90% of abortions are in the first trimester. My reading on the PBA issue was always that most people pushing the ban really wanted to ban abortions, not just late term abortions or a particular procedure. If you want to cut into that 90%, without a legislative ban, it's going to take a lot of work, and serious consideration of things like the "morning after pill" that's quietly available in college health centers but not widely known elsewhere. The morning after pills are not widely known about, of course, for fear of bringing them to the attention of the right to lifers. Ru-486 is in a similar situation. |
