More wisdom from Kansas
Just when you think Kansas could not get any dumber, something happens to change that. To review, we already have the state board of education deciding whether scientific theories are valid, soon you will be able to pack heat in Kansas (how will they be able to drive with one hand on the bible and the other on their Smith and Wesson remains to be seen ), and now kids will have to get their parents permission to "opt in" for sex education classes at school. That is awesome! Bible thumpers rule!
This may be the dumbest damn thing I have heard in all of my life. For a state that is trying to do everything it can to stop abortions (led by chief zealot Phil Kline, the state AG), now you want to try and prevent sex education from happening? Maybe to top that they can pull a Missouri and reduce or elimiate funding for contraception for low income women! I could understand an "opt-out" program, but an "opt in". Sounds like the genius Board of Ed figured they could not ban it outright but that this would be the next best thing.
So lets review here. Led by the party that has a main goal of wiping out abortion, they are going to make it harder for kids to openly learn about sex, harder to get birth control for those kids that are going to have sex (Yes, even in Kansas, teenagers will have sex) and harder to get an abortion if they get pregnant. Apparently these morons can't make that connection that if abortion is still legal, then they are going to actually increase the number of them that take place by their stupidity. If abortion is outlawed, want to take bets if you will see an increase in gov't funding in Kansas to cover adoptions of these children born from these pregnancies? Don't bet the farm on that one. Don't get me wrong, it would be nice if there were no abortions. But the best way to prevent them is not by making it illegal, but rather preventing the pregnancy in the first place. Yes, abstinence programs are a start, but they only work if you follow them all the time, and face it, not all teenagers are going to find that program works. If you rely on just abstinence and religion dominated sex ed (basically saying don't do it), then you will almost certainly fail.
The smart way is to have a good, open, sex ed program, but lets face it, that is not going to happen in Kansas. I have heard the arguments, but come on, I can't think of one kid who had not thought of having sex until they had a sex ed class. We need to be smart here, but I doubt it will happen. Way to go Kansas!
Here is an article about sex ed in Kansas from the KC Star:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/education/14109204.htm
This may be the dumbest damn thing I have heard in all of my life. For a state that is trying to do everything it can to stop abortions (led by chief zealot Phil Kline, the state AG), now you want to try and prevent sex education from happening? Maybe to top that they can pull a Missouri and reduce or elimiate funding for contraception for low income women! I could understand an "opt-out" program, but an "opt in". Sounds like the genius Board of Ed figured they could not ban it outright but that this would be the next best thing.
So lets review here. Led by the party that has a main goal of wiping out abortion, they are going to make it harder for kids to openly learn about sex, harder to get birth control for those kids that are going to have sex (Yes, even in Kansas, teenagers will have sex) and harder to get an abortion if they get pregnant. Apparently these morons can't make that connection that if abortion is still legal, then they are going to actually increase the number of them that take place by their stupidity. If abortion is outlawed, want to take bets if you will see an increase in gov't funding in Kansas to cover adoptions of these children born from these pregnancies? Don't bet the farm on that one. Don't get me wrong, it would be nice if there were no abortions. But the best way to prevent them is not by making it illegal, but rather preventing the pregnancy in the first place. Yes, abstinence programs are a start, but they only work if you follow them all the time, and face it, not all teenagers are going to find that program works. If you rely on just abstinence and religion dominated sex ed (basically saying don't do it), then you will almost certainly fail.
The smart way is to have a good, open, sex ed program, but lets face it, that is not going to happen in Kansas. I have heard the arguments, but come on, I can't think of one kid who had not thought of having sex until they had a sex ed class. We need to be smart here, but I doubt it will happen. Way to go Kansas!
Here is an article about sex ed in Kansas from the KC Star:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/education/14109204.htm
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