By Monica Davey
A prosecutor is urging schools not to follow a new state law that requires districts with sex education programs to tell students about the proper use of contraceptives. In a letter to school districts, Scott Harold Southworth, Juneau County’s district attorney, warned that teachers face “possible criminal liability” for teaching youths how to use contraceptives. The law allows districts to opt out. State lawmakers who wrote the bill, pushed through this year by Democrats, said the warnings were incorrect, irresponsible and political. “He’s trying to make it sound as if teaching a comprehensive sex education curriculum is somehow illegal,” said Tamara Grigsby, a Democratic state representative. Mr. Southworth was unavailable for comment.
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