"The measure is being opposed by anti-abortion groups and the Wisconsin Catholic Conference. "

why on Earth would an anti-abortion group oppose teaching birth control? without teaching about birth control more people would likely end up pregnant and that would lead to MORE abortions. That makes NO SENSE!

well donnaw I dont know what planet you live on but when it comes to reproduction it dosent get much more basic than that. Your right lets leave the staus quo and let the teens learn about sex from the porn that is sent to their inbox everyday! I dont know if too many teachers know what a "cleveland steamer" is anyways.

just4me: Let's see some statistics backing that up. I think that in sixth grade health class, when kids are taught about their own bodies they may be embarrassed...but in high school a lot of them are probably interested in hearing about their options. While it would be wonderful if every kid felt comfortable to sit down with their parents and talk about sex...it just isn't so. Furthermore, even if kids do feel comfortable asking about birth control, etc. they probably don't want their parents to know that they are sexually active. It's not like there will be actual "labs" in these classes where the kids will be having sex with each other...

When I was in school, sex ed was a joke! Your parent or a sibling is better at explaining it. Not one student will listen in a class of their peers, they don't want to look like a dork, image is everything in high school. Some of us forget what it was like in school. Most teenagers will do what they want to do anyways, no matter what they are taught! So chill out, have a beer, smoke a cigarette and have nooky.... then another smoke!! None of us will ever be perfect!!

Finally! Thank God. Beloit Schools refuse to teach ANY form of sex education, BUT they WILL provide a Daycare center for their students who are parents. Thank You to whoever introduced this Bill.

m_t: I'm beginning to think that no truer words were ever said.....
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LOL - It's funny, but it's not.

kinsohn: Seriously???? That analogy is a joke at best. In a perfect world, this wouldn't be necessary, but we don't live in a perfect world. Those of you who take issue with the classes, then know that YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET YOUR KID TAKE THE CLASS. As a parent and a taxpayer, I applaud this being taught in schools.
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And abstinence-only education doesn't work. People who support that are living in a cave...ask Sarah Palin how well it worked for her family.

Great, so when will we start teaching kids to smoke low tar cigarettes, or at least filtered cigarettes? That way, we can teach the kids HOW to smoke safer cigarettes and the parents can tell them WHEN to smoke them.

This is a great thing, and people who say otherwise are really hiding from the issue. Did you not read the part about being able to opt out your kids if you don’t want them included? The kids who have parents that will talk to them about this stuff are lucky, but please remember that there are kids who will get no talk at all, and the only responsible adults they have to turn to may be their teachers. Why would you want to take that opportunity for education about an issue this important away from them? Also, please realize that the “out of wedlock” birthrates are not a byproduct of sex education. There are several reasons for this travesty, but teaching kids to be responsible and use birth control if they’re going to be sexually active is certainly not one of them. Condoms don’t make kids want sex, hormones do. Condoms just make sex less dangerous.

"Every sperm is sacred. Evgery sperm is great. When a sperm is wasted, God get's quite irrate."
-Monty Python

The school needs to teach HOW to us birth control. The church and parents can teach whatever they want to about WHEN to have sex.

Actually Don - study after study shows that abstinance only education results in significantly more pregnancies as well as STD transmissions.
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Is the goal to prevent abortions and STD transmission or is the goal to make god happy?

SaraB1: Yeah, I betcha the nun used a banana to show how to use a condom? And birth control taught in Catholic school? I musta gone to another kind of Catholic school.
And Ozzman: Hasn't all the info on birth control and such lowered the out of wedlock birth rate among teens? Yeah, right. How many years have we paid for all this info and don't tell me kids can't find info in this day and age if they are so inclined. They don't need to use class time to teach it; they need to learn the basic classes to help them earn a living later on.

Students must be taught how to use condoms and diaphragms. Parents connot be trusted to determine whether or when such education should be provided to their children: only the government can reasonably make that determination, as irrational religious beliefs may cloud the parents' judgment. Further, the state will provide the instruction with tax dollars forcefully taken from the populace for the good of the children and society. Got it.

You were taught how to use a condom in Catholic school 30 years ago. Got it.

donnaw: What do you propose for the great percentage of students who get absolutely no education from parents on these subjects? I attended a Catholic high school 30-plus years ago and even we were given thorough lessons on these topics.

Yeah dont teach em any birth control. Let theses kids keep having babies that we the taxpayers have to support.

Another take over of parents' responsibilities. Learn about reproduction in a biology class but keep out of birth control and STD's which should be taught at home at the right time for each child. Lefty biased news people call the organization you refer to as "anti-abortion" but is correctly called "pro-life".

Sannio: Only if they are taught in Chinese.

My religion doesn't allow us to use mathematics and science to understand the world around us. We can only listen to the word of God, even if the words don't make sense. Can I opt out my children from mathematics, and science?