Planned Parenthood’s frisky new viral

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Sacred Heart Academy, 1990. About 25 freshman girls sit in Morality class, books open to Chapter 7: Human Sexuality. Our teacher hobbles up to the front of the classroom, adjusts her habit and draws a white square on the chalkboard. “This is the box,” she informs us. “Don’t open the box. Turn to Chapter 8.” To SHA’s credit, no holds were barred in Biology, where we were shown diagrams and—gasp!—a video of childbirth. But considering the talk hadn’t evolved much since my Grandma Anna told Mom, “Keep-a you pocka-book closed,” this former Catholic schoolgirl was a bit shocked to see Planned

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