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Saran Wrap Sex-Ed Bill Fit For Neither Birds Nor Bees

Saran Wrap Sex-Ed Bill Fit For Neither Birds Nor Bees

Decoding the Saran Wrap sex education bill on Beacon Hill is simple:  Make the bizarre normative and take away local control. The bill's title, "An Act Relative to Healthy Youth," is laughable, since it seems bent on making youth unhealthy. Along with some boilerplate paeans to abstinence and delaying sexual activity is a mandate for the state's education board to put in every school district a Planned Parenthood-approved guide to debauchery.

Decoding the Saran Wrap sex education bill on Beacon Hill is simple:  Make the bizarre normative and take away local control. The bill's title, "An Act Relative to Healthy Youth," is laughable, since it seems bent on making youth unhealthy. Along with some boilerplate paeans to abstinence and delaying sexual activity is a mandate for the state's education board to put in every school district a Planned Parenthood-approved guide to debauchery.…