Brazil’s war on sex education

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Brazil used to be a leader in responding to the AIDS crisis. But now new cases of HIV are on the rise among young Brazilians. The increase is coming at a time when a conservative movement, led by President Jair Bolsonaro, is pushing to end sex education in public schools.  Catherine Osborn has the story from Rio.

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