Who Supports Comprehensive Sex Education SIECUS

Public Support for Comprehensive Sex Education SIECUS

South Carolina Speaks, 2004

National Women’s Law Center Opinion Survey, January 2009

The National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education (NCSSE) (over 140 national organizations)

 THE MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITIES

• The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
  • AAP Testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 2008
• The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
  • amfAR policy statement of July, 2009
• The American Medical Association (AMA)
  • AMA Updated Review of Sex Education Programs in the United States, 2009
• The American Psychological Association (APA)
  • APA Resolution on Sex Education, 2005
• The American Public Health Association (APHA)
  • APHA Policy Statement on Sex Education, 2006

 THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY

• The National Education Association (NEA)
• The American School Health Association (ASHA)

 THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY

• Eight religious denominations and the Office of Family ministries and Human Sexuality, National Council of Churches of Christ, have policies supporting sexuality education in schools. The denominations are: the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Church of the Brethren, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), the Unitarian Universalist Association, the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church.
• Almost nine in ten self-described conservative Evangelical or born-again Christians support the teaching of sexuality education in schools.

 RESEARCH ARTICLES

Support for comprehensive sexuality education: perspectives from parents of school-age youth. Eisenberg ME, Bernat DH, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD. J Adolesc Health 42(4):352-9, 2008.

Comprehensive sex education: strong public support and persuasive evidence of impact, but little funding. Kirby D. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160(11):1182-4, 2006.

Public opinion on sex education in US schools. Bleakley A, Hennessy M, Fishbein M. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160(11):1151-6, 2006.

Abstinence-only education policies and programs: a position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Santelli J, Ott MA, Lyon M, Rogers J, Summers D. J Adolesc Health 38(1):83-7, 2006.