The passage of Senate Bill 376 would mandate school districts to obtain signed permission slips from parents or guardians so their children could engage in human sexuality instruction. Anger over a poster brought the Bill to the floor after a student showed her father a picture of it. The poster asked, "How do people express their sexual feelings?" The list of answers included talking, holding hands, and hugging. Others were vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, touching each other's genitals, and sexual fantasy. "Parents should be given full information about what their children are being taught on a very sensitive subject.," said Pilcher-Cook, chairwoman of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee.
Two-Year Study Finds Zero HIV Transmissions
After two years of research on serodiscordant couples, The PARTNER Study found that none of the individuals with undetectable HIV in each heterosexual and homosexual couple transmitted HIV to their uninfected partner. 767 couples took part in the study, none used condoms, and all HIV positive partners had to have taken antiretroviral medication for at least five years. Interestingly, the rates of sexually transmitted infections was high, despite zero HIV infections rates. More research must be done to explore whether HIV does indeed increase one's susceptibility of STI infection. Full data is expected in 2017.
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