Sex ed, parental rights debated at hearing

Boston Herald
Kyle Cheney (State House News Service)
September 20, 2011

At a hearing of the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Education, where a bill requiring parents to opt their children in for sex education courses was argued, Sumru Erkut, Ph.D., senior research scientist and associate director of the Wellesley Centers for Women, testified in favor of comprehensive sex education and sexual violence prevention curricula. Erkut stated that not offering such lessons because of a "fear" of discussing contraception amounts to a “misinformation campaign that endangers youths’ health and well-being.”

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