Members of the European Parliament have voted to condemn a a bill in Poland which they believe will criminalize sex education in schools. With 471 votes in favour, 128 against and 57 abstentions, the text adopted by MEPs criticized the Polish bill that would criminalize and effectively ban sex education in schools.
The text states, “...sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and wellbeing of individuals, couples and families, in addition to the social and economic development of communities and countries, and that access to health, including sexual and reproductive health, is a human right.”
Critics of the bill believe that barring sex education in the classroom would only result in young people being misinformed in regards to their sexual health and the further stigmatization of sex.
Sex education experts agree that removing age appropriate lessons from schools would have a dangerous effect.
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