A popular high school program in which students bring home computerized “babies” as part of a teen pregnancy prevention program has been put on hold after a guest speaker introduced a cherry-flavored condom during the contraceptive portion of the instruction.

While condoms are within the guidelines of Howell Public Schools’ sex education instruction, the type of condom prompted a student question that led to a forbidden topic: oral sex. The topic is prohibited, but the district doesn’t spell out what guest speakers may talk about or what material they can present.

The school board voted Monday night to suspend Planned Parenthood’s Baby Think It Over program, which was being presented in a child development and psychology class, and all guest speakers until the district revisits its sex education guidelines to ensure they meet state law.

A 2004 law mandates all sex education material be reviewed by an advisory council and the public and approved by the school board.

All material shown to students must be presented by trained instructors.