Sex education
Sex Education is classroom instruction on human reproduction and sexuality. It is typicially taught by both public and private schools, with parents given the option of withdrawing their children if they feel the content to be inappropriate or have personal or religious objections.
The appropriate content for sex education is a subject of political dispute within the United States, and other countries. The greatest division is between the comprehensive and abstinance-only schools. Proponents of comprehensive sex education believe that instruction should include education on methods of contraception, as a means to prevent the twin threats of pregnency and the transmission of sexually-transmitted infections. Proponents of abstinance education maintain that instructing teenagers on contraception is implicitly endorseing sexual activity, espicially promiscuous and premarital sex, and so sex education should omit contraception and instead concentrate on aiding teenagers in avoiding pressure towards sexual activity until they are in a monogamous, married relationship.
In general, comprehensive education is favored by liberals while abstinance-only education is favored by conservatives
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 [1] 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.