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The FactsEffective Sex EducationEach year, teens experience as many as 850,000 pregnancies, and youth under age 25 experienceabout million sexually transmitted infections (STIs).1,2 By age 18, 70 percent of females and 62percent of males have initiated vaginal Comprehensive sex Education is Effective at assistingyoung people to make healthy decisions about sex and to adopt healthy sexual ,5,6,7 No absti-nence-only-until-marriage program has been shown to help teens delay the initiation of sex or to protectthemselves when they do initiate ,9,10,11 Yet, the government has spent over one billion dollarssupporting abstinence-only-until-marriage Although the government ignores it, adoles-cents have a fundamental human right to accurate and comprehensive sexual health ,11 Comprehensive Sex Education Is Effective , Does Not Promote Sexual Risks. Research has identified highly Effective sex Education and HIV prevention programs that affect multiplebehaviors and/or achieve positive health impacts.
sex education, including education about both abstinence and also contraception and condoms.1,10,11,24,25 In one study, most American adults supported sex education that includes information about both abstinence and also contraception
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