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# Sex education saves lives
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sex-education-saves-lives-editor/
- Published: 2008-01-19T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:03:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Heidi Marshall Booth Santa Monica*

I do not know if Wendy Wright or Matt Barber are the worst people in the world, but they may be the most naive (”Who’s the worst person on earth?” page 5, Jan. 14). Our world is so hyper-sexualized that it is next to impossible to protect anyone at any age from such images. Even before such images, teens were having babies. (Many were well hidden.) This makes comprehensive sexual education necessary.

This is not a financial conspiracy to make money by Planned Parenthood; that has to be the most ignorant thing I have ever heard. It is called dealing with reality. Mrs. Wright and Mr. Barber may like to try it sometime. Reality discussions can and should include the benefits of abstinence, but must include the education that could save a life.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 19, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011908.pdf?ref=smdp.com)