Comprehensive Sex Education

Let’s Talk About Sex
Abstaining from sexual activity is morally correct in preventing pregnancy and controlling transmitted diseases, but programs that advocate for abstinence only, such as public schools, often fail to prevent young students from having sex and the proper knowledge of their actions. Teaching abstinence-only based sexual education in a public school is ineffective because it does not delay the initiation of sexual activity, it does not prevent sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy, and it promotes a socially conservative value.
The two types of approaches to teaching sex education include comprehensive and abstinence-only. The Comprehensive approach teaches that sexuality is a normal, healthy part of life and stresses

With this evidence, it is apparent that combining the two approaches has a more efficacious result on teenagers. A 1999 Gallup Poll found that most Americans were fine with teaching sex education at school: 60% of adults said it should be a required course in high schools, while another 32% said it should be offered but not required (Crabtree). Although sexual education has become a standard part of the curriculum in most american schools, the approach to teaching it is not nearly as

The 1981 ALFA Act supported programs that promote “premarital chastity and traditional values.” This act had an original funding of $7 million dollars but was the platform for the idea of funding these programs and had potential in expanding. In the mid-1990s, the Title V Act went underway. This was signed into law by President Clinton and it was apart of the welfare reform. This bill appropriated $50 million dollars and elucidated that an eight point definition of requirements had to be met by abstinence only programs in order to receive funding. The CBEA Act also required that these programs meet the eight point definition of requirements and stated explicitly, “sex education programs that promote the use of contraceptives are not eligible for funding under this announcement.” Funding for these three acts grew rapidly from 1996 to 2009, especially during the George W Bush era. After almost three-decades of support for abstinence-only education, more money has been used to promote comprehensive based sexual