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Sex education interruptus | Open thread

Source: The Guardian
London : United Kingdom | 24 days ago  
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Sex education interruptus New rules will make sex education compulsory for school children aged 15 up...This means that children will learn about sex in the broader context of relationships, homosexuality, marriage, civil partnerships, divorce and abortion, rather than simply as the biological...
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  • Blog Source: www.doomdaily.com
    The move means all teenagers will receive at least one year's worth of lessons covering sex, contraception and relationships before the age of consent. Faith schools will not be able to opt out of any part of the new statutory ...
  • Blog Source: www.goodasis.com
    Mr Balls suggested with the age of consent being 16 and with young people being able to vote at 18, it did not make sense for parents to have control over whether their children attended sex education classes right up until the age of ...
  • Blog Source: www.empirechronicles.co.uk
    Parents are to lose the right to withdraw their child from sex education classes when the youngster reaches 15, the Daily Mail reports. The move means all. ... The move means all teenagers will receive at least one year's worth of lessons covering
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    Strory From: The Daily Mail. The move means all teenagers will receive at least one year's worth of lessons covering sex, contraception and relationships before the age of consent. Rating 3.00 out of 5. Report This Post. Innapropriate ...
  • Blog Source: www.anglican-mainstream.net
    He said that it ”doesn't make sense” in new legislation to retain parents' right to withdraw their child up until the age of 19, given that teenagers can vote at 18, and the age of consent is 16. A survey commissioned by the Government to gauge
  • Blog Source: www.cracked.com
    It didn't take most of us long to realize the sex education we got in school wasn't going to come in handy.
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