New Brunswick Premier Prohibits Sex Ed Group from Schools Following ‘Inappropriate’ Presentation

In a detailed post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Higgs stated that concerned parents had contacted him, sharing photos and screenshots of presentation material from Thirsty for the Talk, a Montreal-based sexual education group created by HPV Global Action.

One of the photos Higgs shared showed a presentation slide with questions such as: “Do girls masturbate?” and “Does it hurt when you do it for the first time?”

Higgs mentioned that the Department of Education informed him that the presentation was intended to cover Human Papillomavirus (HPV), but the group had shared materials beyond that scope.

She added that the contents in the photo shared by Higgs were meant to address the dangers of unsafe sex and to answer common questions young people often have, not to encourage those actions.

Norris described the decision to ban the organization from presenting in New Brunswick schools as “unfortunate.”

“We want to help protect our children, and we are of the same common mindset that we are also preoccupied about where our children are getting their wrong (or) misguided information on the web,” she said.

The premier’s post on X emphasizes the need to respect parents, echoing the language he has used regarding his government’s controversial changes to provincial policies on gender identity in schools.

The new rules mandate that students obtain parental consent before teachers can use their preferred names and pronouns.