Category: Sex Education

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December 13, 2024 Nyk Rayne
The political climate around inclusive, medically accurate sexuality education at school is changing and will probably continue to get worse at the federal level over the next four years. (This aim is specifically spelled out in Project 2025 (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise, notable pages include 4, 62, and 226.) And while there are…
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Sex Ed & the Law

Sex Ed & the Law

August 4, 2021 Brian Flaherty
There are many places where the law and sex education intersect, and they can be broken down into several categories.  Certainly there is some overlap among them, but for the purpose of this post, the categories are: state law and policy on sex education, laws affecting sex educators in the…
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Why We Wrote a Handbook for Child Welfare Providers

April 28, 2021 Dr. Karen Rayne
While working as a case manager for youth in foster care, Monica realized that she had little idea how to provide information to youth to educate them about sex, sexuality, and their health. She saw a clear need after having very young adolescents ask for pregnancy tests, trying to explain…
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