Imagine this: A young person walks in to a health care provider’s office armed with the knowledge they need and deserve about their bodies, their sexual lives and their choices. They are empowered and knowledgeable. Their diverse lives and backgrounds are centered. And their experience isn’t exceptional—it’s typical.
Tag: Sex Education
Beyond the Breakthrough: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in the Classroom
“One of the best things schools can do to help prevent child sexual abuse is to talk about it.”
Sex Ed in Ohio is Under Attack by Anti-Abortion Lawmakers
Ohio House Bill 90, also known as the “Humanity of the Unborn Child” bill, mandates that educators become part of the state’s mission to “achieve an abortion-free society.”
Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Need a Crash-Course in Sex Ed
Lawmakers passing anti-abortion bills desperately need a sex education crash-course. Unfortunately, so do students across the country.
We Can’t End Sexual Assault Without Consent Education
Researchers from Columbia University found that early sex education covering consent decreased rates of sexual assault, whereas abstinence-only instruction did not.
Humanae Vitae and a Half-Century of Harm to Women Around the World
Next week, the Vatican will open the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland—just one month after the ominous anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the Vatican policy banning birth control. While the hierarchy “celebrates” 50 years of Humanae Vitae, a ban that has caused half a century of harm to the world’s poorest communities, and as we […]
I Won’t Stop Fighting for Title X—Because it Transformed My Mother’s Life
My mother can recall in vivid detail the day she went with her friends to buy birth control in 1970.
A New Study Shows How Gender Stereotypes Hurt Kids Around the World
Rigid gender stereotypes imposed on children during adolescence can foster lifelong risks of mental and physical health problems.
The Condom Campaign
For two years, Alba Alvarado Sandoval fought to bring safe sex to her Northern California high school—and she succeeded.
Comprehensive Sex Education Can Be Transformational
We need comprehensive sexuality education. We all do. We need it to navigate relationships, to understand ourselves, to make heathy choices and to have pleasurable sex lives.