Washington funds false sex lessons - Guardian

[rndmprsn]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1365262,00.html

sorry if this is a dupe...some alarming shit

The Bush administration is funding sexual health projects that teach children that HIV can be contracted through sweat and tears, touching genitals can result in pregnancy, and that a 43-day-old foetus is a thinking person...

...It is absolutely vital that the health education provided to America's youth be scientifically and medically accurate," Mr Waxman said. "The abstinence-only programmes reviewed in this report fail to meet this standard."

Other "facts" include that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, half the gay male teenagers in the US have tested positive for HIV, and condoms fail to prevent transmission of HIV in 31% of incidences of heterosexual intercourse. US government figures contradict all of these assertions.

AC Green's Game Plan - a programme named after a basketball player who said he would not have sex before marriage - teaches: "The popular claim that condoms help prevent the spread of STDs, is not supported by the data."

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Question

could the parents of a student being taught this drivel complain/sue the school board for teaching false information?

[rndmprsn]

2. good question...