Do national and government organizations support sexuality education?
Numerous national and government organizations have expressed their support for comprehensive sexuality education. • Officials at the National Institutes of Health,43 The Institute of Medicine,44 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,45 the White House Office on National AIDS Policy,46 and the Surgeon General’s Office47 have all publicly supported sexuality education programs that included information about abstinence, contraception, and condom use. • Prominent public health organizations also support comprehensive sexuality education including the American Medical Association,48 the American Academy of Pediatrics,49 the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology,50 and the Society for Adolescent Medicine.51 • In fact, more than 127 mainstream national organizations focusing on young people and health issues including Advocates for Youth, Girls Inc., the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the YWCA of the USA have joined together as the Nati
