President Bush’s daughter Jenna appears to advocate comprehensive sex ed and contraception usage in her new book, despite the president’s support for abstinence-based sex education programs, according to The Drudge Report. Jenna’s new book, Ana’s Story, is a biography of a 17-year old HIV-positive mother.

There’s no pabulum about abstinence-only education from the young author whose dad funneled $50 million annually to such programs, despite a complete lack of evidence they work.

“Children need to be free to discuss all of life’s issues … with safe and trustworthy adults,” Jenna writes. “Equipped with information and knowledge, children can then take the steps necessary to protect themselves and to break the cycle that perpetuates abuse and spreads disease from one generation to the next.”

The Drudge Report’s review raises some interesting issues, including the question of whether children must necessarily adopt their parents’ views on social and moral issues. This reminds me of all the media attention several years ago surrounding the revelation that Mary Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter, is gay, despite her father’s and the president’s opposition to many gay rights measures.

Is there any chance that Jenna Bush’s views on sex education would influence the president, or vice versa? If you’ve read Ana’s Story, do you agree that Jenna Bush seems to advocate comprehensive sex education?

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