Sec. 50202. Purposes; finding; sense of Congress
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The purposes of this subtitle are to provide young people with comprehensive sex education programs that— promote and uphold the rights of young people to information in order to make healthy decisions about their sexual health; provide the information and skills all young people need to make informed, responsible, and healthy decisions in order to become sexually healthy adults and have healthy relationships; provide information about the prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, dating violence, sexual assault, bullying, and harassment; and provide resources and information on topics ranging from gender stereotyping and gender roles and stigma and socio-cultural influences surrounding sex and sexuality.
In order to provide the comprehensive sex education described in subsection (a), Congress finds that increased resources are required for sex education programs that— substantially incorporate elements of evidence-based programs or characteristics of effective programs; cover a broad range of topics, including medically accurate and complete information that is age and developmentally appropriate about all the aspects of sex, sexual health, and sexuality; 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, decision making, 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— provide information about a range of human sexuality topics, including— human development, healthy relationships, personal skills; sexual behavior including abstinence; sexual health including preventing unintended pregnancy; sexually transmitted infections including HIV; and society and culture; promote safe and healthy relationships; promote gender equity; use, and be informed by, the best scientific information available; be culturally appropriate and inclusive of youth with varying gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations; be built on characteristics of effective programs; expand the existing body of research on comprehensive sex education programs through program evaluation; expand training programs for teachers of comprehensive sex education; build on programs funded under section 513 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 713 ) and the Office of Adolescent Health’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, funded under title II of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–117 ; 123 Stat. 3253), and on programs supported through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and promote and uphold the rights of young people to information in order to make healthy and autonomous decisions about their sexual health; and no Federal funds should be used for health education programs that— withhold health-promoting or life-saving information about sexuality-related topics, including HIV; are medically inaccurate or have been scientifically shown to be ineffective; promote gender or racial stereotypes; are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of sexually active young people; are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of survivors of sexual violence; are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of youth of all physical, developmental, and mental abilities; are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of youth with varying gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations; 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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