A liberal sex-education group’s goal to “teach medically accurate, age-appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education for all school-age youth” is succeeding, according to the group’s latest report.
“Comprehensive” is defined by the group as the teaching of various contraception uses and techniques, as well as that homosexuality is a “socially acceptable alternative to the heterosexual lifestyle.”
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) released its “7th Annual State Profiles” report to compare “comprehensive” sex education laws and policies in public schools to that of abstinence-only efforts.
The report bragged, “After nearly 30 years of strong support from the federal government for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs, the Obama administration and Congress have ushered in a new era of sex education in this country, eliminating two-thirds of federal funding for ineffective abstinence-only-until-marriage programs and providing funding for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention and comprehensive sex education initiatives totaling nearly $190 million.”
President Obama – who said during the presidential campaign that he is “”firmly oppose(d) federal funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs” — has publicly stated his support for “age-appropriate, comprehensive sex education for all students.”
The report’s overview also opines about the last-minute inclusion of abstinence funding in Obama’s health care law.
“How this program went from being left on the scrap heap to being included in the most ambitious and progressive social legislation in decades should baffle anyone who believes in putting science- and evidence-based decision making ahead of cheap political gimmicks. The Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage program was never about public health or even about pregnancy prevention—the creators of the program were clear, it “was intended to align Congress with the social tradition…that sex should be confined to married couples.” As such, it had absolutely no place as part of legislation dedicated to improving the health of our nation.”
SIECUS State Profiles represents the fundamental paradigm shift in Washington, DC and in states and communities across the country; we need to continue to push the boundaries and break new ground, looking for new opportunities to advance comprehensive sex education, such as the National HIV/AIDS Strategy that will soon be released or ongoing education reform efforts
“We are not yet there, but we have shown that we are on the right track and our strategies are working; and, if the Obama administration continues to be serious about science and evidence, eschewing the ideological advances of a desperate minority, then abstinence-only-until-marriage programs can be truly eliminated and comprehensive approaches to sex education allowed to flourish.”
According to Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA), “At a time when teens are subjected to an increasingly sexualized culture, it is essential that common-sense legislators from both sides of the aisle reject this extreme attempt to defund the only approach that removes all risk. (State and congressional legislators) would be well advised to listen to youth and parents in their districts who overwhelmingly support these valuable programs.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Learn the Biblical view of abstinence and understand what SIECUS wants to teach your children.
“The Obama Mandate: End Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs”
VIDEO: Gay-identified boy calls for “inclusive” sex education.
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