Sex Education in Schools: Abstinence-Only Programs

Sex education at school: A cessation plan for adolescent sex is a major problem facing the country, leading to an increase in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and teenage pregnancies. The presence of HIV / AIDS has created an urgent sense of sex education as a theme. Especially sex education issues in schools during the growth period are subject to intense debate among parents around the world, school officials, health scientists and religious authorities.

Insensible sex education is a type of sex education that teaches abstinence and often excludes many other types of sexual and reproductive health education, especially on contraception and safe sex. Educational programs that are entirely focused on abstinence are hardly proven to delay sexual activity. These programs promote sexual abstinence before marriage and often condemn the use of contraceptives. In contrast, inclusive education involves the use of contraceptives and abstinence

American schools only teach two kinds of sex education, "abstinence plus" and "abstinence". Abstinence Plus (also known as comprehensive education) treats abstinence as a positive choice, but also teaches prevention of sexually transmitted diseases during contraception and sexual activity. According to the 2002 survey by the Kaiser Foundation Foundation, 58% of the secondary school principals explained that sex education is "abstinence plus." Among the 48 States of the United States (excluding North Dakota and Wyoming), of the 2005 state laws and policies, 21 states emphasize abstinence education and 7 should teach abstinence in their own sex education program I emphasize. Eleven states only require students to undertake comprehensive and ascetic education, and nine states do not mention any form of sex education in their laws and policies.

In 2011, the Mississippi Legislature passed a sex education law that obliges all public schools in the State of Mississippi to adopt "abstinence" or "forbiddance" sex education programs. Prior to the enactment of the law, the state public school system never taught sex education. In addition, additional funds are not provided to state public schools to properly implement these programs. Therefore, lack of interest in the Legislature may be related to the high pregnancy rate in teenagers in Mississippi.