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Bill: Sex Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neo-Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2092
Description[?]:
| It is important to ensure that appropriate education is in place across the nation. Obviously, it is more beneficial if families and carers deal with this aspect of life personally. However, in order to provide education for those children who's families may feel uncomfortable with the prospect of discussing sexuality and to make sure that the pressing matters of teenage pregnancy and sexual health are addressed head on, it would be prudent to pass an act establishing an unbiassed, factual sex education directive which compliments education in the home or provides sex education to those families who do not feel comfortable discussing the matter. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:03:55, August 08, 2005 CET | From |  Neo-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Sex Education Act |
| Message | As I have outlined in the description of these proposals, this would be part of a sexual health and education strategy. Supplement education of the matter at home in families or with carers by providing a regulated, national, unbiassed directive for sex education. It also gives education to those who may not have a comfortable home environment in which to discuss the matter. Education is also a tool in the fight against poor sexual health and teenage pregnancy. |
| Date | 15:11:55, August 08, 2005 CET | From | CIVIL UNION | To | Debating the Sex Education Act |
| Message | Schools should teach children to abstain from sexual relations until marriage, for it is the only 100% fool-proof remedy against pregnancy. Shall our schools do this? |
| Date | 16:12:07, August 08, 2005 CET | From | Neo-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Sex Education Act |
| Message | The schools teach the biology of sex, the risks, contraception and add a moral dimension to that. However, it is not the school's place to dictate life choices to their pupils, but equip them with the knowledge that they can abstain but if they do want to have sex that they are aware of the risks and can have sex in a safer way. It is an honest and effective sexual health strategy. |
| Date | 16:14:12, August 08, 2005 CET | From | CIVIL UNION | To | Debating the Sex Education Act |
| Message | My party remains convinced that it is necessary to teach the pupils that the only safe way of not-getting pregnant is teaching abstinence. |
| Date | 16:38:52, August 08, 2005 CET | From | Neo-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Sex Education Act |
| Message | If this is a moral objection then that is entirely understandable, however in terms of how effective the strategy is, history has shown that countries who teach sex education at a younger age and do so effectively are more successful in tackling STDs and teenage pregnancy than countries pursuing a policy of abstinence or "silver ring" policies. In many cases it is largely dependent on the culture of the society but overall we have a duty to present a strong sex education programme relevant to young people. |
| Date | 18:16:21, August 08, 2005 CET | From | CIVIL UNION | To | Debating the Sex Education Act |
| Message | How can you "prove" that history has learned us this? Surely, one can't deny that abstention is the only sure way in not getting STD's or getting pregnant. |
| Date | 20:45:52, August 08, 2005 CET | From | Neo-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Sex Education Act |
| Message | Abstention is one route but tell kids not to do something, they'll do it. Furthermore, leaving them in the dark about sex means that they will likely become sexually active without proper guidance. There are examples of states implementing sex education which is broad ranging from discussing abstention to contraception and family planning and this has proven to be most successful in turning high rates of STDs and teenage pregnancy around. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 103 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 31 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 16 |
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