Sex education
Sex Education is classroom instruction on human reproduction and sexuality. It is a very hot cultural issue in American politics because of a division between those who feel that it should teach only the facts relating to contraception and sexually-transmitted infection and those who favor a more moral curriculum based on abstinence.
Many Conservatives favor abstinence-only sex education, arguing that schools make it more socially-acceptable for sexual promiscuity through educating students. They also underscore the importance of monogamy and point to poor protective measures by many popular contraceptives. Other conservatives are against sex education in schools altogether, and would prefer the schools do not indoctrinate or promote any sexual practices; they tend to prefer instructing their children in sexual morality and sexuality themselves.
Abstinence Only
Federal funding for abstinence only education across the country has increased during the decade, but still does not equal the amount of money the government gives to a Planned Parenthood, a single organization, each year.[1][2]
Sex Education in England
In England the National Curriculum www.dfes.gov.uk requires all schools to offer comprehensive sex education as part of Personal, Social and Health Education, from junior school on, but parents may choose to not have their children attend sex education classes.