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A Florida Republican seeking to restrict sex education for students confirmed in a committee hearing on Wednesday that his bill would also ban young girls from discussing their menstrual cycles with school officials.

Rep. Stan McClain’s (R) proposed legislation, House Bill 1069, seeks to restrict the educational materials used in state schools, which critics have likened to book banning. The bill requires course material and instruction on sexually transmitted diseases, health education or material on human sexuality to “only occur in grades 6 through 12,” according to the legislation.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

Given the scope of the rest of the bill, it would be surprising if students will even know what to ask. McClain’s measure would dramatically limit what can be taught about sexual health. Teachers would have to say that sex is only male or female, and that the “reproductive roles are binary, stable, and unchangeable.” A known, demonstrably false assertion.

Any sex education would be abstinence-only, and the bill includes language that makes sex and desire sound shameful. That's been going well for years. Just ask the Appalachians.

Parents would have the right to object to and contest any course material that they think is not age-appropriate, is pornographic, or contains sexual content that is not purely educational. If a special committee agrees with the complaint, the material will be pulled from the school. Yup, that's Karen telling you what [i]her [/i]child will and won't stand.

Parents could also see the school library catalog and prevent their children from accessing any of the material. Because nothing makes and effective quorum like a brunch of parents educated by the same failing system. Can anyone say "conditioned pattern of behavior?"