Birds and Bees Discussions Illegal?

According to a piece of legislation in Mississippi called the "Mississippi Child Protection Act of 2009" (Senate Bill No. 2472), it is quite possible that a parent having the "birds and bees" talk with their own child could in fact be considered "abuse".

The scary part of this bill is right in the first paragraph where it states: "(a) "Abuse" means the involvement of the child in any sexual act with a parent or another person, or the aiding or intentional toleration of a parent or caretaker of the child's sexual involvement with any other person or the child's involvement in pornographic displays, or any other involvement of a child in sexual activity constituting a crime under the laws of this state. "

Before you all jump all over me about "protecting the children" from pedophiles and sexual molestation or any other truly legitimate form of "abuse", re-read what I bolded. Notice how it is worded. There is no specification of "against their will" or with another adult. The way it is worded, also implies consentual sex between same age teens. Some overly-zealous religious fanatic could easily construe that one piece as meaning a parent educating their child about sex and making sure they have the tools to protect themselves properly (since I see no exception to this in the bill anywhere). I think most parents are intelligent enough to understand that teenagers are just one large raging mass of hormones AND that sexual experimentation is a natural part of those years (like it or not - it IS natural). I also believe that most parents are able to suspect when their child might be ready to experiment sexually. NOT to educate them and protect them, in my eyes, would be real abuse.

While I understand the concept of this bill, as usual, the language is vague AND broad and can be easily twisted to suit anyone's agenda. Unfortunately I see this bill as a danger to any parent out there wanting to truly protect their child by discussing sex with them and allowing them the means to protect themselves at the time when their parents will not be there to do so.

You cannot protect children unless you inform and educate them properly (with your values preferably) and allow them the tools with which to protect themselves. According to how this bill is worded, if I lived in Mississippi and had a child now, I'd be charged with sexual child abuse for doing my parental duty by educating and arming my child to protect themselves from STD's and pregnancy while they were being the average normal teenager. Is this really what this country is coming to?