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Media: Majority of Lawmakers Back Sex Education Bill

A State House News Service story on the Healthy Youth Act⁠—a Massachusetts bill that would require schools that choose to teach any sex ed to use a medically accurate curricula⁠—was picked up by the Salem News and Sentinel & Enterprise

Excerpt: "'It shouldn't be students' responsibility to teach other students,' she said. 'It's a matter of safety to educate young people on these topics so they don't end up pregnant, or with an STI, or sexually assaulting another student.'"

Read the full story, "Majority of lawmakers back sex education bill," online at the Salem News

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