Indian Sex

Two national organizations have joined forces to push for sex education to change in Oregon, contending current curriculum leaves students uninformed and frightened of their sexuality.

Members of the southwestern Oregon chapter of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, famed for starting the first birth control clinic in the United States in 1916, held a talk for a group of 15 parents and health educators Monday night in the Myrtlewood Room at the Coos Bay Public Library. The organization was joined by Barbara Huberman, director of education and outreach for Advocates for Youth, a Washington, D.C., group.

The groups sent invitations to like-minded individuals in Coos County. "We did that because we wanted to invite people who had heard some of the story we were trying to tell and avoid people who were not familiar with the work that had been done in the area," said Kellie Shoemaker, vice president of public affairs for Planned Parenthood. Read the full story on Worldlink