Legislature OKs Contraceptive Teaching Requirement
Governor Says He Supports Bill
Posted: 5:18 pm CST January 28, 2010
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READ: Visit Channel 3000's Politics SectionREAD: Channel 3000's "Reality Check" SeriesINTERACTIVE: Write Your Rep.VISIT: Follow Money In PoliticsMADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin schools would have to teach how to properly use birth control as part of sex education classes under a bill that passed the Legislature on Thursday.Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, said he supports the bill. The new requirement would take effect for the 2010 school year.The measure passed the Senate on a partisan 18-15 vote, with all Democrats backing it and Republicans against it. The Assembly passed it on a partisan vote in November and on Thursday agreed with a change made by the Senate, thereby sending it to the governor for his approval.Supporters said the bill was needed to help reduce teen pregnancies. Opponents argued it was sending a message that sex was OK as long as birth control is used.
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