| Bill Number: |
|
| Status: |
Not yet introduced during 2009-10 Legislative Session |
| Sponsor(s): |
|
The Comprehensive Sex Education bill works to ensure that Wisconsin youth receive comprehensive, medically accurate, age appropriate sex education, including information about abstinence as well as preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Giving young people truthful information about contraceptives and sexuality reduces unintended pregnancy and disease. This year, the teen pregnancy rate in the United States increased for the first time in over a decade. More than half of all American teens aged 15-19 years old have had sexual intercourse. Each year, almost 900,000 pregnancies occur among these teens, and 48% of all new STI cases occur among teens and young adults aged 15-24. Comprehensive sex education works. Research demonstrates that successful sex education programs employ a comprehensive approach that teaches about abstinence, but also provides critical information about preventing unintended pregnancy and disease. Responsible sex education programs that discuss both abstinence and contraception delay the onset of sexual intercourse, reduce the frequency of sex, increase contraceptive use, do not increase the number of sexual partners teens have and help protect teens from STIs, pregnancy and HIV. 10 Important Facts about Sexuality Education. Compare abstinence-only until marriage sex education and comprehensive sex education.
| 
