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Apr 22, 2010
A Wisconsin prosecutor is warning sex education teachers they could face charges if they follow a new state law allowing them to instruct students about proper contraceptive use.
A letter sent to five school districts by Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth said the instruction could amount to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He said the districts should drop sex education until the law is repealed.
Southworth also argued that teaching contraceptive use encourages sexual behavior among children, which equates to sexual assault because minors can’t legally have sex in Wisconsin.
The law’s chief author, state Rep. Tamara Grigsby, D-Milwaukee, dismissed the letter as a scare tactic. “It’s beyond ridiculous,” she said.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel weighed in with an editorial saying that Southworth, whose county has high rates of Chlamydia and gonorrhea, should be ashamed.
