Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
Guidance Document Change: Revised Virginia School Health Guidelines
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4/12/22  5:42 pm
Commenter: Erin Roselle Poe

DO NOT ALLOW VA Health Guidelines to happen
 

I am opposing the proposed addition to the Virginia health guidelines about talking and teaching about abortion allowing for birth control and any other inappropriate material that should be kept for older children graduating high school into their college years. The fact that this is even being looked at as a possibility for younger students as young as five years old is unconscionable. This continues to erase a child’s innocence and teach them of the evils of the world and it’s unacceptable. It goes against many religions of all different faiths   it is also not the Virginia health departments job to educate young children on abortion contraceptives sexual material, these topics should be left to how the family feels a child should be brought up in accordance to that families personal beliefs. This once again as an example of government overreach into the homes of millions of families. The government does not get to say on what is taught to children as young as five years old when it comes to inappropriate material such as this

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