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Family Life Policy Update Draws Controversy Paris, Tenn.- The Henry County School Board met in regular session Thursday to discuss several items, including a proposed policy change to the Family Life Education curriculum. The Henry County Board of Education has been required by the State of Tennessee to devise and implement a family life education program due to the county teen pregnancy rate exceeding 19.5 per 1000. In fact, Henry County’s teen pregnancy rate has increased dramatically in the past few years, from 14.2 in 2010 to 32 in 2012 (the most recent data available). Due to the extremely high rate, educators have proposed replacing the school system’s abstinence-only education policy with a policy that promotes and encourages abstinence while providing students with knowledge regarding contraceptives. The proposed policy shift drew the ire of several community members, who voiced their displeasure in the citizen’s forum of Thursday’s meeting. Anita Ostrom of the Kurt Ostrom Counseling Center and Thrift Store asked the board to call upon their “excellent moral integrity” and “prayerfully consider” the decision. Jane Poe, stenographer for Tomorrow’s Hope Pregnancy Center, read a lengthy and impassioned letter from Kathy Ham concerning the policy change. Retiree Larry Miller also voiced his opposition to the change. According to Henry County Safety and Wellness Coordinator Stephanie Winders and family nurse practitioner Rina Prosser, however, the proposed policy change is much less dramatic than opponents seem to believe. The recommended policy is still centered around abstinence, and encourages abstinence as the only 100% effective form of birth control and STI prevention. However, students will also be provided with knowledge regarding pregnancy, STIs, healthy relationships, and contraception as a means to protect against unwanted pregnancy and STI / STDs. Parents will also be given the opportunity to preview ALL materials used in the curriculum at least thirty days prior to instruction, and may excuse their child if they so choose. Excused students will be allowed to complete alternate assignments without penalty. The Board will vote on the adoption of a new Family Life Education policy at next month’s meeting.

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