An Unspoken Topic Of Health

Sexual and Reproductive Health is just as important to a healthy long life, but in this country we pull the ostrich equivalent of putting our heads in the sand and not talking about sex in a calm, rational, scientific manner. It is a shame government can't keep out of our bedrooms. No wonder our teen pregnancy rate is so high.

Anyway, this wonderful official, Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline, has decided to be nanny for his entire state, and is trying to criminalize sexual content between teenagers by taking advantage of his state's mandatory law. In other words, if you are at the doctor and have a hickey from making out with the cheerleader, this AG wants your doctor to report this or otherwise face the possibility of a misdemeanor. "Big Brother" knows best for your human development.

If we want to change behavior, parents must be involved and talk to their kids. I don't want to be a grandparent by age 40, and most parents probably feel the same way. Talk to your kids, and listen if they have questions. Telling kids to abstain from sex is fine but realistically how many will? I want my daughter to make sure she doesn't get pregnant, get an STD, or forced to have sex against her will. Prepare your kids to be adults. That is the parent's job, not your state Attorney General.