Last year, the North Carolina legislature passed the Healthy Youth Act, which – among other things – makes some changes to school sex education programs.
Beginning this year, students statewide will have access to more information on contraceptives, sexually transmitted diseases and sexual assault as part of a revised sex-education program. …
Sex education will remain abstinence-based, and Buncombe County and Asheville City schools already have been covering some topics included in the law. [Source: Asheville Citizen-Times]
Lawmakers approved the bill last year, in hopes that changes will help reduce the state’s teen pregnancy rate, which is among the highest in the U.S.
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