| Maternity leave for students?
Pregnant students in Denver have asked their high school for at least four weeks of maternity leave "so they can heal, bond with their newborns and not be penalized with unexcused absences," reports the Denver Post. (Here is the full story.) The paper explains that normally Colorado public schools use specialized programs or individual education plans to deal with pregnancy. "Two counselors from East High School approached the school board last month, saying the policy at their school is unfair and inconsiderate because it forces new moms to return to school the day after being discharged from the hospital or face being charged with unexcused absences," reports the Post. "East High School administrators could not be reached for comment over the winter break, but district officials say they are reviewing the policy on absences to make it 'friendlier' to new moms, said DPS spokesman Alex Sanchez," the article says.
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Take the African AIDS epidemic. As CWA reported a few years back, Dr. Margaret Angola of Kenya testified at two United Nations conferences that, ��family planners� have put so many condoms into Kenya that the children use them as balloons and play with them in the streets.� Tragically, we all know how �comprehensive sex education� has worked-out in Africa. Unfortunately, it�s no better right here at home. Despite a culture that relentlessly extols the phantom virtues of so-called �safe sex� and practically throws condoms at children by the handful, STD and teen pregnancy rates remain high. Like a broken record, liberal educators and cultural elites incessantly regurgitate, �always have safe sex,� while the only thing impressionable, hormone charged kids hear is, �have sex!� Of course, �safe sex� is code for �use a condom,� and everyone knows that condoms are anything but reliable.
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