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Fine, I'll just have to do this myself - one paragraph at a time, allowing for proper comment and discussion of each. Here's the first. Now read, comment, and if there is no contriversy I'll add more.
'''Sex Education''' is classroom instruction on [[human reproduction]] and [[sexuality]]. Liberals oppose teaching abstinence, the only certain way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases that cause infertility, some cancers and abortions. Conservatives typically favor abstinence-only sex education.
'''Sex Education''' is classroom instruction on [[human reproduction]] and [[sexuality]]. It is typicially taught by both public and private schools, with parents given the option of withdrawing their children if they feel the content to be inappropriate or have personal or religious objections.
The appropriate content for sex education is a subject of political dispute within the United States, and other countries. The greatest division is between the comprehensive and abstinance-only schools. Proponents of comprehensive sex education believe that instruction should include education on methods of contraception, as a means to prevent the twin threats of pregnency and the transmission of sexually-transmitted infections. Proponents of abstinance education maintain that instructing teenagers on contraception is implicitly endorseing sexual activity, espicially promiscuous and premarital sex, and so sex education should omit contraception and instead concentrate on aiding teenagers in avoiding pressure towards sexual activity until they are in a monogamous, married relationship.
In general, comprehensive education is favored by [[liberal|liberals]] while abstinance-only education is favored by [[conservative|conservatives]]
==Abstinence Only==
==Abstinence Only==