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Sex Education
Sex education provides accurate information on healthy relationships, peer pressure, contraception and abstinence in order for youth to use their own values to make healthy decisions. Comprehensive sex education teaches that abstinence is the best method of protection against unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases but it also teaches age-appropriate medical information about contraceptives. It provides information about sexual orientation, sexual expression and sexual health as well as the specifics of how to use a condom and what options a woman with an unintended pregnancy has. Comprehensive sex education combines practical, medical, and moral information to best prepare youth to make informed decisions.