scholarly journals US state rejects federal funding for abstinence only sex education

BMJ ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 331 (7519) ◽  
pp. 715.2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Hopkins Tanne
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Federal Funding ◽  
Abstinence Only

Epilogue

2021 ◽  
pp. 241-254
Author(s):  
Kristy L. Slominski
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Federal Funding ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Religious Influence ◽  
George Bush ◽  
Full Swing ◽  
Abstinence Only ◽  
Religious Actors

The epilogue discusses the enormous power of recent presidential administrations to mold sex education through federal funding initiatives. Since 1996, the country has seen the pendulum in full swing, from the increase in abstinence-only support under President George Bush, to advancement of comprehensive sexuality education under President Barack Obama, to serious efforts to shift funds toward abstinence-only programs under current President Donald Trump. The legacies of religious sex educators established select terms of these discussions, especially in portrayals of what is at stake. Throughout this history, religious people have proven that the concept of morality could be used to expand discourses of sexuality beyond physical considerations, to limit these discussions to the restriction of sexual activity, or, in most cases, both. Contrary to narratives that pit secular sex education against religious actors, religious influence has been and continues to be both multidimensional and pervasive in the development of sex education.

Toward a Sexual Ethics Curriculum: Bringing Philosophy and Society to Bear on Individual Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ethics Curriculum ◽  
Abstinence Only

For over a decade, battles have raged between conservative Abstinence Only Until Marriage (AOUM) sexuality education advocates and liberal Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) advocates. While these battles have focused on the inclusion of health information about contraception and whether or not a curriculum must advocate abstinence as the best and only method to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, these debates have often ignored other important values about sex. In this article, Sharon Lamb reviews the recent history of these sexuality education battles, criticizes both AOUM and CSE curricula, and discusses how, in CSE's accommodation to AOUM objections, ethical dimensions of sex education may have been neglected in favor of evidence-based practice. She then suggests ways in which the current curricula could teach ethical reasoning and make sex education a form of citizenship education, focusing on justice, equity, and caring for the other person as well as the self.

scholarly journals The “Wear and Tear” of African Americans in Louisiana with HIV/AIDs: More Than HIV.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Dramatic Difference ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Abstinence Only ◽  
Educational Deprivation

Abstract This article examines the results of a 2010 sample of HIV+ African Americans in Louisiana within the larger context of health, educational, economic and incarceration disparities in the state. Similarities and differences between the sample and the general population of African Americans in the state were noted with the numbers incarcerated in the sample being the most dramatic difference. Over half of the sample had been incarcerated in a state recognized for its penchant for using the police and incarceration to control African Americans. The article concluded with attempts to connect the dots between vulnerability to HIV due to childhood trauma, a weathering from racism from an early age, educational deprivation, and policy choices such as abstinence-only sex education that raise the risks for young African Americans in Louisiana.

scholarly journals Nigerian secondary school adolescents’ perspective on abstinence-only sexual education as an effective tool for promotion of sexual health

F1000Research ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Mfrekemfon P Inyang ◽  
Obonganyie P Inyang
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Sexual Education ◽  
Preparedness For Practice ◽  
Abstinence Only

The success of any type of sexual education programme depends on the knowledge and preparedness for practice by adolescents. A recent study has found that an ‘abstinence-only’ sexual education programme is effective in reducing sexual activity among adolescents. Knowledge of abstinence-only sexual education and preparedness for practice as an effective tool for promotion of sexual health among Nigerian secondary school adolescents was studied. An analytic descriptive survey design was used for the study. The research population comprised of all public secondary schools in three southern geopolitical zones of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 2020 senior secondary school (SS1-SS3) students as sample for the study. A partially self-designed and partially adapted questionnaire from an 'abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education' debate, from debatepedia (http://wiki.idebate.org/), entitled 'Questionnaire on Nigerian Secondary School Adolescents’ Perspective on Abstinence-Only Sexual Education (QNSSAPAOSE)' was used in eliciting information from respondents. Hypotheses were formulated and tested. Frequency counts, percentage and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used in analysing data. A greater proportion of secondary school adolescents in this study lacked knowledge of sexual education. About 80% of the respondents could not define sexual education. The general perspective on abstinence-only sexual education was negative, as revealed by the larger number of respondents who demonstrated unwillingness to practice abstinence-only sexual education. Specifically, of those who responded in favour of abstinence-only sexual education, the youngest group of adolescents (11-13 years) and the male respondents were more likely to accept this type of education than the other groups. Poor knowledge of sexual education could be responsible for unwillingness to practice abstinence-only sexual education. Sexual education should, therefore, be introduced into the secondary school curriculum and taught by well-prepared teachers to enable an informed decision on practice.

Reproductive Politics

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rickie Solinger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
Power Struggles ◽  
Reproductive Politics ◽  
Roe V Wade ◽  
Abstinence Only ◽  
Answer Format ◽  
Shed Light

Reproductive politics is a term coined by feminists in the 1970s to describe contemporary, Roe v. Wade-era power struggles over contraception and abortion, adoption and surrogacy, and other satellite issues. Forty years later, questions of reproductive rights are just as complex--and controversial--as they were then. Focusing mainly on the United States, Reproductive Politics explores the legal, political, religious, social, ethical, and medical dimensions of this hotly contested arena. Tracing the historical roots of reproductive politics up through the present, Rickie Solinger adopts a question-and-answer format to shed light on such questions as: are sex and reproduction “private” or “public” matters? When was abortion criminalized in the United States--and why? What is “abstinence only” sex education? And how is “reproductive politics” a men’s issue as well as a women’s issue? Covering a substantial range of information in an accessible and lively manner, Solinger orients readers and provides the knowledge necessary to enter into dialogue with this important and continually evolving field.

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