School Board Blocks Talk on Teen Pregnancy
From Times Wire Reports
The school board has denied a request by a high school teacher to discuss teen pregnancy in her human relations class, saying such talk belongs in a health class where abstinence is the key message.
The board voted 4 to 3 against a proposed round-table discussion of pregnancy, birth control and abortion in Sharon Froba’s class at Modesto High School.
Froba hoped to invite speakers from Planned Parenthood, Teen Life Challenge and Modesto Junior College’s Students for Life club.
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