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POLITICS
House bill would set
stricter sex ed policy
Sponsors focus
state's guidelines
on abstinence
By Came Dennett
t meralcl fieportec
SAl.l'.M Ihc Oregon House
is rurrentlv c onsidering .1 bill
that could drastically alien the'
wav public school teachers ap
proac h the sublet t ot sex edut .1
lion
House Hill U 1 1 would e reate
guidelines where none current
Iv exist It einphasi/.es le.ic hing
abstinence from sexu.il inter
course .is the only effective1
means ol preventing pregnane \
and sexually transmitted dis
Ihe bill's primary sponsor.
Kep Walt Schroder. K-Cold
Beach said school districts
have1 been allowed to make
their own decisions about the
content o I sex education
c nurses and most have promot
ed using contraceptives and
safe sex t *c hni(|Ues
This isn't necessarily a bill
addressing abstinence," s.mi
l.urix Wells Si Imxler s legisla
live assistant This would iusi
set up some guidelines
I niter the new bill. sex edu
nation courses would be re
quired In include information
about liie possible const*
quences of sexual activity, out
side ot marriage, as well as
teach respect lor a monogam
ous. heterosexual marriage
The c urru ulum would also
inc hide instruc lion on the laws
regulating financial response
bility to ( bildren born out ol
wedlock and sexual relations
between an adult and a minoi
Under current Oregon law
guidelines are only set for i ur
ru ulum about AIDS and sexu
ally transmitted diseases, not
for general sex ediii ation
' The prevailing attitude
seems to be sexual ai tivity lias
become tile norm, so now let's
deal with the consequences.'
be said "This bill moves into
the area of prevention "
Schroder said studies done
by a family advisory i ommittee
siioyy that curric ula based on
i untrue eptive use and sate sex
techniques are ineffective in
preventing 11• 11 pregnant \
We checked out .til tlie
hooks lh.it arc available lot
high school sex education
( lasses St hinder said
Mam ol the texts not onh
neglec ted to ini lude the failure
rates of condoms in AIDS pre
vention, he said, hut lhe\ also
tended to he sexuallv explit.it
The hill s proponents com
plain that texts i onunonlv used
in sex etlut atinn courses tail to
give enough attention to absti
lienee
Sandra Nelson, a representa
live of the I agle forum of ()re
gon, testified at a public hear
ing on the hill that onlv two
paragraphs in one commonly
used text dealt w it It abstinent e
She said it was described as a
possible alternative to responsi
file sexual ai tivity
"One can't help lint wonder
what is abstinence/'' she
asked "Is that irresponsible/
"Today sexual activity is a
health situation it's not simply
morality anymore," she said
Melodie Harmon, a 17 year
old student at Forest drove
High School testified that the
failure ol sex educ ation courses
to teach the emotional and
physical c onseciueiu.es of sexu
al ac tivity c reated problems for
some of her friends
Opponents of the bill say it
fails to deal with the complexi
ties ol teen age sexuality
Jeanne Atkins, a lobbyist for
Planned Parenthood Affiliates
of Oregon, said teen agers learn
about sexuality in high si hool.
whether it is from a i lass or
from other students
"The question is will |se\ ed
ucation) be part of the i lass
room, as part of .1 valid 1 urrii.u
lum7" she asked "Or w ill it be
ini omplete and mat 1 urate be
cause it is passed from teen
ager to teenager and be
lieved7"
Dei ause there is no uniform
curriculum. it is not possible
for the bill's proponents to
evaluate the effei tiveness of sex
education that emphasizes safe
sex rather than abstinence. At
kins said.