In the near future, we plan to introduce a resolution that would recognize May 2026 as “Sex Ed for All Month” in Pennsylvania.
 
Coordinated by the Sex Education Collaborative and a national coalition of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations, “Sex Ed for All Month” recognizes the importance of ensuring that all young people have access to sexuality education that is comprehensive, medically accurate, and inclusive.  Comprehensive sexuality education gives young people accurate, age-appropriate information about the emotional, physical, and social aspects of sexuality, providing them with the knowledge to protect and advocate for their health, well-being, and dignity.
 
Unfortunately, many young people enter adulthood with inaccurate, incomplete, or conflicting information about sexual and reproductive health, leaving them vulnerable to unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, violence, exploitation, abuse, and coercion.  Providing young people with information on sexuality that is age-appropriate, medically accurate, and free from biases based on race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation can help them lead healthy lives, both physically and emotionally.  
 
Young people ages 15 through 25 contract about half of the sexually transmitted infections in the United States, despite making up about a quarter of the sexually active population.  Importantly, young people who receive sexuality education are 50 percent less likely to experience an unintended pregnancy and 31 percent less likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection.
 
Please join us in our effort to ensure that young people are equipped with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to help them protect their health, develop respectful social and sexual relationships, make responsible choices, and understand and protect their rights and the rights of others.