Chlamydia Outbreak Hits Texas High School With No Sex Ed

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[TangledUpInBlue]

Currently the Crane Independent School District "does not offer a curriculum in human sexuality,” according to its student handbook, but does offer a three-day course in sex-ed each fall semester. Texas law mandates that such courses emphasize abstinence, and indeed a district committee recommended Scott & White’s “Worth the Wait” Abstinence Plus curriculum three years ago.

“If kids are not having any sexual activity, they can’t get this disease … That’s not a bad program,” said Jim Rumage, the district’s superintendent. But residents say they’re not too thrilled with the results:

[TangledUpInBlue]

Abstinence Plus? what the hell is that? Kids have sex. Especially those in High School and even some in 8th grade. Anyone who thinks they're not going to do so has their head in the sand no matter what you tell them, or what they say they understand. Might as well make sure they know how to protect themselves.

This isn't the 1950s.... An outbreak like this in this day and age is pathetic.

[Steve_Seattle]

The article is making it sound like the abstinence-program CAUSED the outbreak of chlamydia, whereas the fact is that the outbreak was caused by kids IGNORING the recommendations of the seminar.

[DonaldC]

Set poor expectations, get poor results.

[Mercat]

7%? I’m not impressed. This as compared to what? I would like to see stats which show the percentage of kids in schools where abstinence free sex ed is taught. I’m also willing to bet that there are at least 5% of these girls who have gotten the shot that keeps them infertile for several months. That’s the latest cool thing that parents are doing. Never mind that it doesn’t prevent STDs.

All this article is is a blatant attack on the rights of parents to raise their children free of classes which assume that the kid is sexually active.

[Steve_Seattle]

Yeah, right, these kids have never heard of condoms. STDs are widespread among teenagers, and the only purpose of this article is as anti-abstinence propaganda.

[Oliviaforever]

[vpintheak]

What a crock-o-pooh! Any and every kid knows what a condom is from a young age.
The article is a push for more government control

[areukiddingme1]

Chlamydia isn’t that one of Al Sharpton’s assistants?

[Steve_Seattle]

From a government website: "Adolescents ages 15-24 account for nearly half of the 20 million new cases of STD's each year."

So there are nearly 10 MILLION NEW cases of STD's among 15-24 year-olds EVERY YEAR, and most of these kids were NOT taught in abstinence-only programs. This article is a piece of propagandistic crap.

[DiogenesLamp]

The population of the entire county is less than 5,000. This is a tempest in a tea cup.

This is just Left Wing Yahoo trying to score bullsh*t points with anti-abstinence propaganda.

Yahoo is a liberal sewer.

[GraceG]

The best form of sex ed is educating the girls and boys that if they screw up by screwing they will have to responsible for another life for the rest of their life.

The reasons we have issues like this is that boys and girls are no longer help responsible for their actions or are even educated they will be held responsible.

[Wiser now]

The article is also a lie. According to a local paper the school gives the high schoolers three days of sex ed. That’s quite a bit.

[GeronL]

I bet none of the abstinent kids got it

[Lion Den Dan]

An abstinance program did not cause this problem. If blame is to be placed, it lies with the parents as such instruction and supervision is their responibility, not the school’s.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Go away dumbbutt. I raised my kids not to be slutty whores, and I was successful. Blame your failure on someone else.

[TangledUpInBlue]

Don’t give them any ideas :)

[Trailerpark Badass]

Oh snap, as the kids used to say...

[TangledUpInBlue]

Just to be clear, you are NOT referring directly to me, correct?

[MrB]

Chlamydia caused the school to lose their sex ed program?