In one week we've heard of at least two 14 year old girls dealing with apparently unwanted or unknown pregnancies. The most recent one was brought to our attention Wednesday when an 8th grader at Cedar Bayou Junior School in Baytown gave birth in a school bathroom. The newborn died. Police are investigating it as a homicide. They initially said the girl tried to flush it down the toilet.
These two incidents have renewed the powerful debate surrounding sex education. Goose Creek I.S.D. has an abstinence only based curriculum that starts in junior high. Recent studies, such as one done by the Texas Department of Health, have shown abstinence only programs simply don't work and go completely against what we already know about teens and sex: they're having it! Do you support only learning "just say no?" What WOULD you like your kids to be taught? Some states don't have any guidelines.
Also, I'm curious, does the student's age, 14, change or define your opinion of what happened?
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