76th (2011) Session
Opinions
View all submitted comments for each bill by the most recent, by votes for, or by votes against.
| AB314 | ||
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| For | A school is a place for both formal and social education. It really is the most appropriate place to have standardized sexual education so that children make the best decisions possible when they are ready to have sex. It will help reduce the amount of misinformation that leads young adults into unsafe sexual practices. I highly support this bill. | May-17-2011 |
| Against | Sexual education belongs at Home, not the public schools! | May-02-2011 |
| Against | This is so not the funcion or role of the school. It is the role of the parent. The students are can't read, write, or do math, and you want to add some politically motivated curriculum that has no place in the schools. Vote NO on AB314 and start thinking about a real education for our children. | Apr-28-2011 |
| Against | This seems to be the typical sanitized and misleading information being put out by the legislative body on another law that will strip parental influence over our children education, and here specifically sex education. Our education system is unable to teach our pupils the basic "three R's" that we all send our kids to school for, but get illiterate kids back, with their heads full of distortions of our true history, and of course the proper application of condoms over cucumbers or bananas. This is absurd in the extreme. Get out of the sex education business. The only real result we got from this expansion of education is a multiplying of out of wedlock kids and ever increasing moral break down of society. | Apr-28-2011 |
| Against | Apr-27-2011 | |
| Against | Are there any parents in the house? Kids having sexual relations is responsible? What a misuse of logic and abuse of vocabulary. Sorry, I'm not naive to think that it just won't happen, but what parent truly wants their adolescent fornicating and perpetuating the STD production which is has truly gone viral? All the condom education in the world won't stop it either, and it is a false promise to lead kids or anyone on to think so. The marquee on Planned Parenthood's web site right now spouts: "STDS More than half of us will get one at some time in our lives." This is 'reproductive freedom'? Chastity prevents STDs 100% of the time. It's a sexually organic lifestyle. And it is GREEN for the environment and GREEN for marriages and families. Married couples who use Natural Family Planning, sans contraception, have a divorce rate around 3%. That's pro-woman and pro-family. And the vast use of the contraceptive pill's estrogen and progesterone hormones is increasing in concentration more and more in our waterways due to it being urinated in vast amounts into the water supply. It IS adversely affecting the reproductive systems of aquatic life, and it will only get worse. Google it yourself. AND the contraceptive pill is a known carcinogen (see the World Health Organization list of carcinogens). The pill is right there in the Group One carcinogen list with arsenic, asbestos, radium and many others. And this sex ed. bill WILL promote its use to perfectly healthy young women. What an oxymoron to a 'healthy' children and environment. This bill is backwards to healthy living and it will COST our society are more than we can afford. "Ways and Means" Senators, please vote NO on AB314. | Apr-27-2011 |
| Against | Apr-26-2011 | |
| Against | I oppose any sex ed bill that removes parental consent and I also oppose Planned Parenthood having any involvement in sex ed in our school system. Sex ed. training should be Bible based and is best taught by the church. | Apr-26-2011 |
| Against | The information this bill requires to be taught is not for Children of any age.This information should taught to their parents so they can better instruct their own children about sexual intimacy and STD's. | Apr-26-2011 |
| Against | Apr-26-2011 | |
| Against | This bill eliminates parental consent from sex education in Nevada classrooms & allows Planned Parenthood in to Nevada classrooms. VOTE NO. | Apr-26-2011 |
| For | Apr-18-2011 | |
| Against | This bill will enable teens to continue in immoral behavior. Planned Parenthood does not seek the good of anyone regardless of age. | Apr-18-2011 |
| Against | Current law is good - no changes needed. | Apr-18-2011 |
| For | Apr-17-2011 | |
| For | We need to do this so our children have the best most well-rounded information possible. It is majorly important that kids know all of the facts regarding pregnancy, STI/STDs, and how to make healthy choices. | Apr-14-2011 |
| Against | Apr-14-2011 | |
| For | AB314 supports comprehensive sex education. Nevada teens need medically accurate information to make safe and healthy decisions. Enough with the abstinence only "education" or no education at all. | Apr-14-2011 |
| For | I am a constituent and a Planned Parenthood supporter. I am asking Assemblyman Atkinson to vote for AB314 that supports comprehensive sex education. Nevada teens need medically accurate information to make safe and healthy decisions. Please save our kids! | Apr-14-2011 |
| Against | Apr-14-2011 | |
| Against | Nevada has good Sex Education laws which provide parental consent and allow individual counties to develop their own programs. We don’t need comprehensive sex ed which always includes advocating abortion and promoting contraception. | Apr-14-2011 |
| Against | Apr-14-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-13-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-13-2011 | |
| For | Strongly support this bill. It is important to bring down teenage pregnancy in Nevada so kids get to be kids. | Apr-13-2011 |
| For | Apr-12-2011 | |
| For | Apr-12-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-12-2011 | |
| For | I would like to thank the committe for bringing forward this very important bill. As the Director of the Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence we beleive this bill woudl give is an important route to providign prevention education to most adolescents, with the goal of preventing sexual violence. I woudl be happy to assist or answer any questions regarding this bill and truly hope it is brought back for a vote. | Apr-12-2011 |
| For | I support medically accurate comprehensive sex education | Apr-12-2011 |
| Against | this is nothing but a homosexual indoctrination of our children and is dispectable that it is beigning camoflouged as sex ed plus this is a parenting issue | Apr-11-2011 |
| For | Apr-11-2011 | |
| For | I support this bill so that our students can be educated about sexuality and the decisions they will make with respect to their own sexuality and practice, or non-practice. | Apr-10-2011 |
| Against | We object to changing the requirements for parents from requiring their permission for their children to attend these courses to requiring them to "opt-out." Also, we disagree with many of the comments that parents teach their children nothing about sex and relationships. Many parents are responsible about this and the public school is not the best place for sex education, as it delivers such education without any moral values attached. | Apr-10-2011 |
| For | Comprehensive, accurate, sex education is important. It can help prevent disease, unwanted pregnancies, poverty, and abortions. | Apr-10-2011 |
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| For | I support comprehensive sex education across our state. Our youth need the tools to stay safe and healthy. To do this, our schools need to provide standardized information. Please support this measure, it is not controversial. | Apr-10-2011 |
| For | Apr-09-2011 | |
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| For | Apr-09-2011 | |
| For | Apr-09-2011 | |
| For | NV has the second highest teen pregnancy rate. We need a comprehensive sex education program to help our children. | Apr-09-2011 |
| For | As a Mother of adult children, a former elelmentary school teacher and a licensed therapist I urge all Nevada legislators to vote for this bill to standardize sex education curriculum to be taught in all schools from middle school age through High school. An unbiased and fact filled approach is the best. Judith Frederick | Apr-09-2011 |
| For | I was fortunate enough to have not just 1 but 2 teachers that knew what I needed to know to keep myself safe before, during and after sexual actions. i understood why i should waite till after high school to have sex, and how to stay safe with my partner(s). I want to Thank Miss Green From EVMS of Carson city for telling us the truth about how to stay safe with our bodies. ( im now a Graduate with a Bachelors degree in Early Child Education with a loving man and beautiful child that was planned. | Apr-09-2011 |
| For | This is necessary. Nevada has to do this. | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | Apr-09-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-09-2011 | |
| For | I support medically accurate,comprehensive sex education statewide. For those who believe parents should be teaching their children, many don't, and it helps them to be more responsible adults. | Apr-09-2011 |
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| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Nevada children need comprehensive sex ed, not just abstinence ed. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | comprehensive sex education is what youth need; abstinence only sex education is misguided, based on shame and fear, and does not work. Let's give our youth real information. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | I very strongly believe that thorough sex education empowers students to make better decisions. This is a serious issue for the future of Nevada. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Nevada has the second highest rate of teen pregnancy in the nation. If sexual education was required to have Academic standards in public school it would educate young people on important sex information including different types of contraceptives to help prevent teen pregnancy and also information on condoms which would also protect our teens from getting STDs. With out our teens knowing information about things that can protect them from life long issues and obstacles the more likely problems will occur that don't only effect the teens, but everyone in their life, like, friends, siblings, and other family members. Not only is it important for teens to learn about contraceptive and preventative help, but to know their body which includes how it works and how to identify ANY problem that could lead to transmission of a STD. Sexual education also gives teens the opportunity to ask questions about sex or their body if they have no one else to ask. There is no such thing as a stupid question, but I really hope that the person answering has truthful unbiased answers for Nevada's teens. Let's face it, they can have sex even if we don't think they will. With our teens armed with factious information it may help them to wait longer until they decide to have sex and if not they will still be more protected than a teen without any sexual education. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | Our kids need sexual education. That's it. Plain and simple. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | Children around the age of puberty and up should have a good idea of just what sex is all about and all of the dangers (as well as the positives) that it holds. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | I grew up in a state that provides comprehensive sex education. I have had several close friends who did not have this opportunity. They rushed into sex, have unhealthy relationships, and have only recently learned the importance of STD testing. They are in their mid-twenties and have been sexually active since they were teenagers in high school. You cannot stop teenagers from having sex. However, you can educate them on the risks to greatly improve their chances to make healthier choices. Nevada's reputation as a state is low. It's low in regards to volunteering, gambling, and legal prostitution. It is time to include comprehensive sexual education to better support Nevada's youth. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | I just dont know what this world is coming to, hell in a hand basket, get your stuff together, PLEASE | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | As a retired Family Therapist, I have seen too many inadequately informed and misinformed youth suffer as unprepared unwilling parents. The greatest harm is done to the unexpected, unwanted child. "Know the truth and the truth will make you free" | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Even though sex education is required in Nevada public schools now, it is not consistent across the state. Some students are getting partial information which is dangerous and misleading. Our students deserve life saving information that is factual, accurate and complete. Please support AB 314 so teens can make responsible decisions. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | If we had better sex education in our schools, there would probably be less of a drain on tax payer dollars by reducing unwanted pregnancies, teen pregnancies, and STDs. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | Our children and our community absolutely needs comprehensive, medically accurate sex education in our schools. If people want to teach morality at home, then that's their right, but we must have sex education that makes sense! | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | As a childbirth educator I am well aware that our youth is often misinformed and need good education on the choices available to them. They also need to have birth control available through the Community health office. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | I support sexual education in Nevada! As a child, my parents never told me about sex and when I lost my virginity at age 14, I was only safe because of what the SHARE program and sex ed teachers had taught me. This is vital in our state, which has incredibly high teen pregnancy rates, and because of that, low high school graduation rates. Keep our teens healthy and successful by supporting sexual education in schools! | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | Our youth deserve to have all the correct info to help them make healthy choices in regards to sexual health | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Sex education is imperative to the youth in this country to grow up to become healthy, open minded individuals. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | I wholeheartedly support educating youth regarding the hazards of sexual activity--STD's (that can be life threatening) and unwanted pregnancies (that can be life changing!) which create moral, religious and financial dilemmas for the affected. Having the knowledge to PREVENT these events is far more effective than dealing with them in retrospect. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | We need a standard for sex-ed in NV. Partial info is dangerous and we're seeing the results of same. Nevada has the SECOND HIGHEST PREGNANCY RATE IN THE NATION! Accurate, omprehensive sex ed actually has the effect of encouraging young people to delay sexual activity OR make responsible decisions if they do become sexually active. Let's get into the new millenium and educate our children about their bodies' normal healthy functions!!! | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Whether we like it or not, our children are learning things earlier in life. It is important that we have a standard form of sex ed in our school systems state wide. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | This is essential for Nevada's children; for health and for safety. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Hello my name is Audrey Yurtinus. I am a constituent and a Health teacher. I am urge all assembly persons to vote for AB314 that supports comprehensive sex education. Nevada teens need medically accurate information to make safe and healthy decisions. Thank you Mr. Bobzien for sponsoring such a bill. Kudos! It is about time! | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | There is an OBVIOUS conservative voice and rhetoric behind the comments that are opposing this bill. In regards to such comments, NV has the number one teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. Currently, the "sex ed" provided at schools is insufficient, limited, and inadequate AND completely dictated by the State Board of Education. Abstinence-only programs DO NOT help our youth and young adults make wise decisions. Programs that include a comprehensive sexuality education component encompass lessons on making safer choices as well as abstinence. Your personal conservative and narrow-minded beliefs and biases should not infringe your children’s well-being. This is one of the reasons why we have such high rates of STDs/HIV/teen pregnancy and SUICIDE…youth and young adults do not have an outlet to learn and feel safe about sharing their experiences, along with the suppression of choices and education parents provide. You never know what your child/young adult does when you are not around or looking, and to believe that they will always have the knowledge to make an educated decision, especially when YOU are not providing them the education to stay safe, is absurd. Keep living in your clout of purity and do not oppress the rest of the students throughout the state of NV due to your illogic of what Planned Parenthood or any other comprehensive sex ed program teaches. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | This bill will help to lower teen pregancy rates and help inform our studnets about safe sex. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | This bill will inform all students how to protect themselves from predators, healthy relationships, safe sex practices, and maybe Nevada won't be the second state with the highest teen pregnancy rate. Let's improve NEVADA!!! | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | Education is power...give our children the power to make wise choices about their lives. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| Against | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Nevada has the second highest teenage pregnancy rate in the nation. Poverty is still a huge problem in Nevada and the USA. Let’s stop this cycle by giving young people better choices in their early life. This will save money in the long run. | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | Parents should be present during any health education of their children. Their presence is required at a doctor visit. Sex ed should not be provided in the schools. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Our teens deserve more. Consistent standards across the state will reduce teen pregnancy and save the state millions. Sex ed IS a budget issue. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | This is vital and necessary for our children. Our children deserve the very best in education and the very best we have to offer them for their futures. Providing our youth with all available information about their health is essential for developing good decision making skills and for their own future health. Please, let's do right by our kids by giving them all the tools they need and by providing many avenues of support for them to make healthy choices. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Give the kids the knowledge and let them make informed, healthy choices. Please support AB314 | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | Apr-08-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-08-2011 | |
| Against | Sex education has gone too far in our public schools. Teaching anatomy and healthy relationships is all that should be taught. Planned Parenthood is a disgrace and should not even be funded by our federal government. This education program makes it very difficult for christian homes to keep some explicit information away from there child. Yes kids hear things from friends but parents teach children to come and talk with them and have discussions. Other adults should not be having these types of discussions with our children. One of the things they plan to promote is a internet sight called sexetc.org. I've been to this sight and it is very much not appropriate. This would be a great thing to just cut from the education budget. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | As a former worker at Planned Parenthood in Salt Lake City, and worker at an inner-city hospital in Washington, D.C., I can testify that providing accurate and nonjudgmental sex education as part of curriculum is the best way to teach our youth how to make educated choices. This is not a moral or religious issue, but one of public health and education. Teach a child how to make reasoned and thoughtful decisions, and that child will grow up to be a valuable member of society. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | I raised three children in the Nevada public school system (they received an amazing education. Thank you.) and feel that it's time for a comprehensive sexual education program. I taught my children, but not every parent or caregiver has the knowledge or awareness, and even if they do, it's excellent to get the correct information from more than one trusted source. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Sex education is school is vital to a young person's development. It gives teens and young adults the tools they need to make positive choices about their sexual health. Accurate sex education is important because it will help prevent STD's and HIV, and unwanted pregnancy, especially amongst adolescents. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Comprehensive Sex Education is necessary in schools. It gives young people medically accurate information to make positve choices with their health. Tweens, adolescents, and young adults should be well informed and well educated about their reproductive health, in order to learn about their anotomy & puberty, encourage abstinence, prevent STD's & HIV/AIDS, and prevent unwanted pregnancy. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Our kids are begging for good information. All students should have access to the same quality education, regardless of what county they live in. | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Abstinence only education DOES NOT WORK. Every study ever done proves this. This bill will NOT bring Planned Parenthood into schools, it will NOT ignore abstinence, it will be COMPREHENSIVE. And parents can opt out. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Sex Education is needed in the school system. With all the diseases and underage pregnancy we must educate our children. | Apr-07-2011 |
| Against | This bill attempts to fix something that isn't broken: the current curriculum and local review works well. This bill is a Trojan horse for Planned Parenthood to gain controlling influence over Nevada sex ed curriculum and eliminate the expression of any opposing points of view. Moreover, it undermines parental oversight of the program. It's a bad bill. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | The sex education I experienced back in 2001 here in Nevada was very limited. We learned about our reproductive system and to not have sex and that there were contraceptives, but the teachers could not tell us about them. They did not stress potential dangers of oral sex; they did not give alternatives to abstinence. I had a friend in high school that had been using two condoms when he would have sex because he thought it meant extra protection. I find that deplorable. We stress education in math, science, English, but what about what is closest to home; our bodies. We are here because of sex and it is a very important topic that teens should understand. I might have waited longer to be sexually active if I had had a better sex education. I might have understood the risks more thoroughly. Even STD's are not clearly gone over in sex-ed, which makes no sense if they are trying to prevent us from jumping head first into exploration. If our goal is to have less teen mothers, less abortions, less teens getting STDs we need to teach them all the risks and all the ways they should protect themselves. We will have a lot less of a cost to society if we can make this happen. The few things that hit home for me was the teen mother that visited our class, and the electronic baby we could take home. We need to get past the edges of this subject, and make it real to our youth, so they do not have to find out for themselves. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | Apr-07-2011 | |
| For | As a man who has made Nevada his home and hopes to one day raise a family here I feel a full and complete education is important for our community’s future. I'm hopeful the current legislature will make the right decision and support AB 314, enabling our youth to make healthy decisions based on appropriate knowledge and perspective. | Apr-07-2011 |
| Against | I do not want to sacrifice our “Worth the Wait” program. It is a wonderful, educational program, one that should continue! | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | I support standardized and comprehensive sex education in Nevada's schools. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | I stand with Planned Parenthood and I stand with Real Sex Ed. I am a product of CCSD and I know what me and my sister did not get in school. We must give our kids information to make good decisions! | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | As a conservative republican I support sex ed because informed students are safe healthy students. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | As a Christian, I feel it is important to not push my moral views on others but rather allow sex education in schools. I attended a private Christian school in my early teens and the teaching of abstinence until marriage did NOT work. 13 and 14 year olds began sexually experimenting with each other, resulting in pregnancies, STDs and STIs due to a lack of education. If parents wish to teach abstinence at home to their children, they should do so. But being educated about sexuality is essential, especially with what children and teenagers are exposed to daily in NV (especially Vegas) on billboards and other forms of advertisement. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | Everyone deserves access to medically accurate, age-appropriate comprehensive sex education. Accurate sex education would help lower the number of teen pregnancies and the unnecessary spread of STDs. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | As a educator in the Clark County School District, I can say from personal experience that the children in Nevada need better sex education. Education is power and providing the knowledge to make better health choices will lead to better physical, mental and emotional outcomes. Unintended pregnancy is very high in Nevada and I have taught many of these pregnant students or fathers-to-be who are in high school, dealing with pregnancy, and scared about how they are going to secure a future for their new family. The did not have access to the knowledge and services to make a safer choice that could have led to a different future for them. I have taught classes where I have had 6 or more pregnant teens in one classroom. This could have been prevented with proper use of birth control. Humans are sexual beings from a young age and to deny this fact and not talk about sex because we think it will lead to lower levels of teen sexual behavior, we are wrong. It has been empirically researched by federal government to whether abstinence-only education is effective and it was found to not reduce teen pregnancy. Pregnancy is not the only issue here; sexually transmitted infections, unhealthy relationships, and lack of sexual health knowledge is leading to an unhealthy future for Nevada's youth. HIV/AIDS is on the raise still and HPV is more prevalent than ever, a sign that these incurable and potentially deadly viruses are being transmitted due to lack of use of barrier birth control methods. Knowledge is power and it is better that the children learn from a qualified sex educator than their peers and the internet. I ask you to support AB314 and improve our sex education in Nevada. | Apr-07-2011 |
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| For | Nevada students deserve an honest consistent education and this includes medically-accurate health information in regard to sexual education. At this time, Nevada has the 2nd highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. Anything the legislature can do to help improve this by ensuring our children have the most accurate information is crucial. Please pass AB314 to help Nevada gain consistency in its sexual education curriculum and prevent children from unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections through education that makes a difference: comprehensive, medically accurate health information that includes abstinence but also the consequences of not choosing abstinence. | Apr-07-2011 |
| Against | I believe that the legislature should reject this bill since many constituents would conscientiously object to a Sex Ed. class that potentially eliminates ethics from the curriculum in favor of cultural trends. Abstinence only education has a proven track record of reducing sexual activity and the results there of, including teen pregnancy, abortion, STD's, depression, and even suicide. Please consider wisely. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | Apr-07-2011 | |
| Against | We are in a economic meltdown and any suggestion that we should have to pay planned parenthood to educate our children is Disturbing.Leave it to thier parents their is a free class being offered curently to our kids on abstinence ,which is more succesful and solves the problems altogether, and it is paid for by private funds -just genius | Apr-07-2011 |
| Against | We aren't teaching students to read and you want to do this????? What are you thinking. | Apr-07-2011 |
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| Against | Don't encourage teens to have sex, encourage them to continue in their education and in their dreams for the future. The risks of teen sex are not worth it and if there are to be any programs used to teach teens about sex, they should be abstinence only programs. | Apr-07-2011 |
| Against | Contrary to what Planned Parenthood would have you believe, Comprehensive Sex Education has not been proven to work beyond increasing the use of condoms for a six month period. And, though statistics "may" show a decline in teen pregnancy rates with condom use, STD rates have gone through the roof to epidemic levels! Condoms do not protect and our youth are paying the price in their bodies and the rest of us are paying the price with our tax dollars. Comprehensive Sex Education does not work, for teen pregnancy or STD's. Look closely at the studies, Abstinence Education has a better track record. Comprehensive Sex Education is not healthy for Nevada students. Please vote "no" for this bill. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | Nevada has the second highest teenage pregnancy rate in the nation. Comprehensive sex education actually helps young people delay sexual activity OR make responsible decisions if they become sexually active. We know half of teen pregnancies occur because of abuse in the young person’s home life or with her partner. “Just say no” to sex is not always realistic. Studies also show that more than half of unintended pregnancies are from failed contraceptive use— young people need medically accurate information | Apr-07-2011 |
| Against | against planned parenthoods attempt to push their agenda on our schools | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | Apr-06-2011 | |
| Against | This opens the door for sex education curriculum that goes beyond what is considered education to become indoctrination. Currently, students are being sufficiently educated about STDs, pregnancy, disease, abstinence, etc. Why do we need to change this bill? It is unnecessary and allows for decisions that supersede parental responsibility and authority. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | Nevada has an obscenely high teenage pregnancy rate, and educating teens is the best way I see to lower it. It is in our state's best interest for our future working force, female and male, to be educated about pregnancy prevention. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | Beyond my personal belief that this type of comprehensive informatino is vital for the success of our youth in making responsible decisions when trusted adults are not around; here are some highlights if no one else has presented them already. • Nevada has the second highest teenage pregnancy rate in the nation. • Comprehensive sex education actually helps young people delay sexual activity OR make responsible decisions if they become sexually active. • We know half of teen pregnancies occur because of abuse in the young person's home life or with her partner. "Just say no" to sex is not always realistic. • Studies also show that more than half of unintended pregnancies are from failed contraceptive use- young people need medically accurate information. | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | Apr-06-2011 | |
| Against | This bill was written by a Planned Parenthood employee and I do not agree with their viewpoint. Teachers in Carson City are taking a sex education class for continuing education credits which is Planned Parenthood's curriculum called Sexuality ABC's and STD Basics. Their description of how to arouse heterosexual and homosexual pleasure on sexect.com, and their animated video of a penis dressed as a man, and a women whose dress is a vagina, explaining the process of pregnancy is visually and auditively arousing, ending with suggestions of sexually connecting. This is not what our children need to be so called educated on. | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | Apr-06-2011 | |
| Against | Planned parenthood should not be making laws. Nor expressing opinions in the public forum. | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | I've read some of the information that is included in this bill and I am adament about not having this bill pass! | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | This bill allows for Planned Parenthood to come into our schools and teach students how to use condoms and contraceptives. Planned Parenthood has consistently shown their bias against abstinence. Planned Parenthood has a track record of promoting homosexuality and sex outside of marriage. My family and I are completely AGAINST this bill. | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | The changes requested in this bill remove local choice and decision making from the school districts. They will no longer be able to choose curricula that best represents their communities and meets the needs of their students if the program is not authorized as 'comprehensive' enough. Local control and decision making should not be ursurped. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-06-2011 |
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| Against | This is not the way to teach sex education in our schools; needs to be more balanced and not to fund Planned Parenthood's agenda | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | No Comment | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | we have too many unintended teen age pregnancies. Comprehensive Education should be a priority in our schools and on TV. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | Sex Education is absolutely essential to the health and safety of the young people in our community. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | Let's provide our children with correct medical facts about there body and about disease. Sex ed doesn't promote sex. Please support this bill. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | It is vital that we educate our young people regarding all of their options. I especially like the inclusion of sexual violence and domestic violence in this bill. Students need to know what to do if they themselves or someone they know is a victim of any of those crimes. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | Nevada desperately needs better sex education, and they need it as teens. This would ensure that Nevada teens learn medically accurate, educationally appropriate information on STDs, contraception, how to talk to their parents about all of this, how to prevent dating violence and sexual violence, and what the laws are around these issues. | Apr-06-2011 |
| Against | No Comment | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | I support comprhensive medically accurate sex information our Nevada Teens deserve to make safe and healthy decisions. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | I took a course like this when I was in school, many years ago. Why are we still keeping kids in the dark about things they are doing that could harm them or their lives? | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | Nevada teens need medically accurate information to make healthy decisions. This if vital to our kids! | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | Apr-05-2011 | |
| For | No Comment | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | We have a teen pregnancy rate that is totally unacceptable. These kids need education in order to make INFORMED decissions. | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | As a teacher and a mother, I want this bill to pass. Nevada's students need comprehensive sex education. | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | Please support this important bill. | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | I am a constituent and a Planned Parenthood supporter. I am writting to ask the Assemblyman to vote for AB314 that supports comprehensive sex education. Nevada teens need medically accurate information to make safe and healthy decisions. | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | Abstinance-only sex ed does NOT work. Young adults need medically accurate sex ed to allow them to make informed decisions about sex. Knowledge really is power in this case. | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-05-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Mar-31-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Mar-26-2011 |
| Against | No Comment | Mar-22-2011 |
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