This article originally appeared in an October-December 1994 publication of Our Lady’s Crusaders for Life. It focuses on the problem of sex-ed in our Catholic schools. It is intended to help parents understand the horror of sex-ed, to point to helpful resources, and to present the results of some efforts to remove sex-ed from the archdiocese. Our Lady’s Crusaders for Life focuses on sex-ed because it is a root cause of abortion. This article gives only a brief overview. (If time permits, the Veil of Innocence encourages the reader to study the complete correspondence spanning many years (1988 – 1995) between Alice Grayson, President of the Veil of Innocence, and Cardinal Law of the Archdiocese of Boston. These letters can be accessed on this web site at “Sex Education Information” under “Letters of Alice Grayson To Cardinal Law”)

Classroom Sex Education (CSE) is any course providing detailed information on sex or leading children through discussions of sexual situations, e.g., petting (sometimes called “Chastity Education”). The main reason we oppose CSE is because it puts children in the proximate occasion of sin.

CSE is not of Catholic origin. It originates with the population-control/free-love people (e.g., Planned Parenthood). CSE is not about making babies (which Catholics historically do well), but about preventing them. It doesn’t take years of courses to teach where babies come from. CSE promotes fornication (“sexual activity”), and naturally leads to abortion. After the notorious 1973 Roe v Wade decision, Alan Guttmacher (the former president of Planned Parenthood) set forth the strategy for a battle plan.

Then how can the Supreme Court’s decision be absolutely secured? The answer is Sex Education.