Sec. 2. Purposes; Sense of Congress
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The purposes of this Act are— to provide young people with comprehensive sex education that— provides the information and skills young people need to make informed, responsible, and healthy decisions in order to become sexually healthy adults and have healthy relationships; provides information about the prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, sexual assault, dating violence, bullying, and harassment; and promotes and upholds the rights of young people to information in order to make healthy and responsible decisions about their sexual health; and in order to provide the comprehensive sex education described in paragraph (1), to provide increased resources for sex education programs that— are evidence-based, having been proven through rigorous evaluation to change sexual behavior or incorporate characteristics of effective programs; cover a broad range of topics, including medically accurate, complete, age and developmentally appropriate information about all the aspects of sex needed for a complete sex education program, including— anatomy and physiology; growth and development; healthy relationships; the prevention of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, through abstinence and contraception; gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation; and protection from dating violence, sexual assault, bullying, and harassment; are gender- and gender identity-sensitive, emphasizing the importance of equality and the social environment for achieving sexual and reproductive health and overall well-being; promote educational achievement, critical thinking, decisionmaking, self-esteem, and self-efficacy; help develop healthy attitudes and insights necessary for understanding relationships between oneself and others and society; foster leadership skills and community engagement by— promoting principles of fairness, human dignity, and respect; and engaging young people as partners in their communities; and are culturally and linguistically appropriate, reflecting the diverse circumstances and realities of young people.
It is the sense of Congress that— federally funded sex education programs should aim to— reduce unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV; promote safe and healthy relationships; use, and be informed by, the best scientific information available; be built on characteristics of effective programs; expand the existing body of evidence on comprehensive sex education programs through program evaluation; expand training programs for teachers of comprehensive sex education; build on the personal responsibility education programs funded under section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) and the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention program, funded under title II of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–117 ; 123 Stat. 3253); and promote and uphold the rights of young people to information in order to make healthy and responsible decisions about their sexual health; and no Federal funds should be used for health education programs that— deliberately withhold life-saving information about HIV; are medically inaccurate or have been scientifically shown to be ineffective; promote gender stereotypes; are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of sexually active adolescents; are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender youth; or are inconsistent with the ethical imperatives of medicine and public health.
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- Pub. L. 111-117
- 123 Stat. 3253
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