[beezdotcom]

but I think it is an issue that has no place in school.

I'd agree with you, except that it's an issue that is probably already there, whether implicit or explicit. I doubt this girl decided to bring the pamphlets in a vacuum.

[Lexinom]

I'd rather my tax dollars go to sending this young lady, and other like-minded young men and ladies, to private schools. Why should I pay to indoctrinate young minds with crap that I oppose with every fiber in my being? What's wrong with sticking to quadratic equations and American History?

There's no little irony in the fact that the first public school in Europe (I believe) was in Geneva. It provided the first example of education for all, and became a model. It's founder: the great reformer, John Calvin. What would Calvin have said about sex-ed, never mind abortion?