This bill would require all Utah public school districts to teach an abstinence-only sex ed curriculum and allow districts to opt out of teaching sex ed. 
 
 SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah House of Representatives has decided that when it comes to sex education, abstinence is the best policy. 
 
 On 45-28 vote, House members approved a bill that tightens Utah's already conservative sex education policy to not include discussion of contraceptives and to focus on abstinence only, if a school district chooses to teach the course at all. 
 
 "I am not comfortable turning these sensitive subjects over to someone else," said Rep. Bill Wright, R-Holden, the sponsor of the bill. 
 
 The bill came out of the House Education Committee with wording that said contraceptives could be discussed but not advocated for, but that was quickly amended on the House floor by Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, to better reflect the original intent of the bill to block instruction of contraceptives in public schools. 
 
 The bill was further amended by Rep. Ronda Menlove, R-Garland, to state that any sex education program also be created in consultation with parents. 
 
 Democrats gave their best efforts to take some of the teeth out of the bill, as Rep. Carol Spackman-Moss, D-Salt Lake City, proposed an amendment to change the wording of the bill from abstinence-only to abstinence-centered education, to allow educators some wiggle room to still address contraceptives in an abstinence-centered way. The amendment was voted down. 
 
 Democrats also asked what an abstinence-only sex education course would look like. Wright said the course could include lessons on friendship, dating and love. He said it could include a lesson on the consequences of sex outside of marriage and a lesson on how to teach people to say no to sex. Wright said that in his opinion poverty rates would improve if abstinence was practiced more broadly. 
 
 "Why don't we just be honest with our children and tell them right up front that sex outside of marriage is devastating?" Wright said. 
 
 Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, said the bill is the prime example of why the public thinks all of the legislators have lost their minds. In his speech against the bill, King said lawmakers needed to face the reality that most parents do not have an adequate discussion with their kids about sex and that was why the schools need to be able to teach more than abstinence only. 
 
 "We owe this to ourselves to be honest," King said. "This bill deprives parents the opportunity to have public education to teach their children about this subject." 
 
 Rep. Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, spoke to the bill on the floor before making up his mind on how he would vote for it. Gibson noted he represents a school district that teaches an abstinence-only program but he worried the program may not be working. Gibson spoke of teenagers in his area who are now mothers and fathers because of the decisions they made. He went on to state that as he has also talked with his ecclesiastical leaders on the subject, they admit there is a problem that needs to be addressed when it comes to sex education. 
 
 "I would hope as we make this decision, that we won't think if we say abstinence only, that fairy dust will have been sprinkled and that teen pregnancy will no longer be a problem," Gibson said. 
 
 Gibson voted no on the bill. 
 
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– A bill passed by Utah's House of Representatives gives schools a choice: Teach sex education that's all about not having sex, or drop sex ed. The bill, which allows schools to skip sex education, and bars those that keep it from discussing contraception, was passed 45-28 after a heated discussion about morality, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. All 17 of the chamber's Democrats voted against it, along with 11 Republicans. Attempts to water the bill down and make sex education abstinence-centered instead of abstinence-only were defeated. Asked what an abstinence-only sex education course would involve, the bill's sponsor suggested lessons on friendship, dating, and love, reports the Deseret News. "Why don't we just be honest with our children and tell them right up front that sex outside of marriage is devastating?" he asked. The bill now heads for the state Senate.