| 15 | | - | A BILL |
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| 16 | | - | TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 17 | | - | AN ACT |
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| 18 | | - | Relating to sex education in public K-12 schools; to |
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| 19 | | - | amend Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to require sex |
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| 20 | | - | education and human reproductive system curriculum and |
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| 21 | | - | programs to teach sexual risk avoidance and encourage |
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| 22 | | - | abstinence from sexual activity; to prohibit the promotion of |
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| 23 | | - | abortions or any sexual activity in sex education or human |
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| 24 | | - | reproductive systems curriculum; to prohibit demonstrations of |
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| 25 | | - | contraceptives in sex education or in human reproductive |
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| 26 | | - | systems curriculum; to authorize parents or guardians to opt |
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| 27 | | - | their child out of sexual education or human reproductive |
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| 28 | | - | system curriculum or programs; and to authorize the Attorney |
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| 29 | | - | General to enforce. |
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| 30 | | - | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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| 31 | | - | Section 1. Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is |
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| 32 | | - | amended to read as follows: |
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| 33 | | - | "§16-40A-2 |
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| 34 | | - | (a) Any program or curriculum in the public schools in |
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| 35 | | - | Alabama that includes sex education or the human reproductive |
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| 36 | | - | process shall teach sexual risk avoidance content and , at a |
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| 37 | | - | minimum, include and emphasize each of the following: |
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| 15 | + | SYNOPSIS: |
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| 16 | + | Under existing law, any program or curriculum in |
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| 17 | + | a public K-12 school that includes sex education or the |
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| 18 | + | human reproductive process must emphasize abstinence as |
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| 19 | + | the only effective protection against unintended |
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| 20 | + | pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. |
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| 21 | + | This bill would require that any sex education |
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| 22 | + | or human reproductive curriculum or program in a public |
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| 23 | + | K-12 school to exclusively teach sexual risk avoidance |
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| 24 | + | and encourage the avoidance of any nonmarital sexual |
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| 25 | + | activity. |
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| 26 | + | This bill would further provide for the sex |
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| 27 | + | education and human reproductive curriculum or program |
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| 28 | + | in public K-12 schools, including the provision of |
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| 29 | + | information about state laws relating to the financial |
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| 30 | + | cost of pregnancy and child care, abortion, and |
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| 31 | + | adoption. |
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| 32 | + | This bill would prohibit any sex education or |
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| 33 | + | human reproductive curriculum or program from |
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| 34 | + | supporting, demonstrating, or providing a referral to |
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| 35 | + | or information about how to acquire an abortion, from |
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| 36 | + | demonstrating the use of or providing distribution |
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| 37 | + | information regarding contraceptives, and from using |
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| 38 | + | graphic materials that are sexually explicit, normalize |
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| 39 | + | teenage sexual activity, or promote or encourage |
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| 67 | | - | minimum, include and emphasize each of the following: |
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| 68 | | - | (1) Abstinence from sex all sexual activity is the only |
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| 69 | | - | completely 100 percent effective protection against way to |
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| 70 | | - | prevent unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases |
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| 71 | | - | and infections, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when |
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| 72 | | - | transmitted sexually. |
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| 73 | | - | (2) Abstinence from sex all sexual activity outside of |
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| 74 | | - | marriage is the expected social standard best health practice |
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| 75 | | - | for unmarried school-age persons individuals. |
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| 76 | | - | (3) The advantages of avoiding sexual activity and the |
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| 77 | | - | potential physical and emotional negative outcomes associated |
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| 78 | | - | with youth and teen sexual activity. |
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| 79 | | - | (b) For the purposes of this section, sexual risk |
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| 80 | | - | avoidance refers to a primary prevention approach to sex |
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| 81 | | - | education that seeks to achieve the most favorable health |
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| 82 | | - | outcomes for all Alabama youth by providing information and |
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| 83 | | - | skills needed to achieve the benefits of avoiding sexual |
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| 84 | | - | activity. |
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| 85 | | - | (c) Course materials and instruction that relate to |
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| 86 | | - | sexual health education or sexually transmitted diseases and |
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| 87 | | - | infections shall be age-appropriate and medically accurate. |
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| 88 | | - | For purposes of this section, the term "age-appropriate" means |
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| 89 | | - | topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to particular |
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| 90 | | - | ages or age groups of children and adolescents, based on |
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| 91 | | - | developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity |
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| 92 | | - | typical for the age or age group. |
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| 93 | | - | (c)(d) Course materials and instruction that relate to |
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| 94 | | - | sexual health education or sexually transmitted diseases and |
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| 95 | | - | infections, if available, shall include all of the following |
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| 69 | + | teenage sexual activity, or promote or encourage |
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| 70 | + | nonmarital sexual activity. |
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| 71 | + | This bill would prohibit any local board of |
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| 72 | + | education from using the services of any individual or |
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| 73 | + | organization that endorses an approach to sex education |
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| 74 | + | that does not prioritize abstinence or that advocates |
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| 75 | + | for or performs abortions. |
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| 76 | + | This bill would require each parent or guardian |
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| 77 | + | to be provided with notice before sex education or |
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| 78 | + | information about the human reproductive system is |
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| 79 | + | provided to students, and would provide each parent or |
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| 80 | + | guardian with the ability to opt his or her child out |
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| 81 | + | of the curriculum or program. |
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| 82 | + | This bill would also allow the Attorney General |
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| 83 | + | to enforce the requirements of this bill and would |
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| 84 | + | provide the parent or guardian of each student the |
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| 85 | + | right to seek a cause of action against a local board |
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| 86 | + | of education, its agents, or its employees, to seek |
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| 87 | + | compliance with this bill. |
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| 88 | + | A BILL |
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| 89 | + | TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 90 | + | AN ACT |
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| 91 | + | Relating to sex education in public K-12 schools; to |
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| 92 | + | amend Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to require sex |
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| 93 | + | education and human reproductive system curriculum and |
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| 94 | + | programs to exclusively teach sexual risk avoidance and |
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| 125 | | - | infections, if available, shall include all of the following |
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| 126 | | - | elements: |
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| 127 | | - | (1) An emphasis on sexual abstinence as the only |
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| 128 | | - | completely reliable method of avoiding unintended teenage |
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| 129 | | - | pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections. |
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| 130 | | - | (2) The emphasis shall be on the importance of delaying |
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| 131 | | - | sexual activity by and discouraging risky sexual behavior , |
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| 132 | | - | providing skills to avoid sexual risk, and developing |
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| 133 | | - | awareness among students of how sexual activity can impact the |
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| 134 | | - | whole person, including physical, social, emotional, |
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| 135 | | - | psychological, economic, and educational life outcomes . |
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| 136 | | - | (3) Statistics and data based on the latest accurate |
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| 137 | | - | medical information that indicate the degree of reliability |
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| 138 | | - | and unreliability real life usage regarding the efficacy and |
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| 139 | | - | limitations of various forms of contraception among the youth |
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| 140 | | - | population, while also emphasizing the increase in protection |
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| 141 | | - | against pregnancy and protection against sexually transmitted |
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| 142 | | - | infections, including HIV infection, which is afforded by the |
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| 143 | | - | use of various contraceptive measures , provided that the |
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| 144 | | - | content: (i) is aligned with the exclusive message of sexual |
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| 145 | | - | risk avoidance; (ii) does not encourage or promote sexual |
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| 146 | | - | behavior among youth and teens; and (iii) is presented in the |
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| 147 | | - | context that while contraception may reduce the risk of |
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| 148 | | - | pregnancy and contracting sexually transmitted infections, |
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| 149 | | - | including HIV, it does not eliminate the risk . |
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| 150 | | - | (4) Information Accurate and current information |
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| 151 | | - | concerning the laws relating to all of the following: |
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| 152 | | - | a. The the financial responsibilities impact associated |
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| 153 | | - | with pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing. |
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| 124 | + | programs to exclusively teach sexual risk avoidance and |
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| 125 | + | encourage abstinence from all nonmarital sexual activity; to |
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| 126 | + | prohibit the promotion of abortions or any nonmarital sexual |
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| 127 | + | activity in sex education or human reproductive systems |
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| 128 | + | curriculum; to prohibit demonstrations of or information about |
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| 129 | + | how to obtain contraceptives in sex education or human |
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| 130 | + | reproductive systems curriculum; to authorize parents or |
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| 131 | + | guardians to opt their child out of sexual education or human |
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| 132 | + | reproductive system curriculum or programs; to authorize the |
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| 133 | + | Attorney General to enforce; and to provide a cause of action |
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| 134 | + | for violations. |
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| 135 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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| 136 | + | Section 1. Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is |
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| 137 | + | amended to read as follows: |
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| 138 | + | "§16-40A-2 |
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| 139 | + | (a) Any program or curriculum in the public schools in |
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| 140 | + | Alabama that includes sex education or the human reproductive |
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| 141 | + | process shall exclusively and emphatically teach sexual risk |
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| 142 | + | avoidance content and , at a minimum, include and emphasize |
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| 143 | + | each of the following: |
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| 144 | + | (1) Abstinence from sex all sexual activity is the only |
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| 145 | + | completely 100 percent effective protection against way to |
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| 146 | + | prevent unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases |
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| 147 | + | and infections, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when |
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| 148 | + | transmitted sexually. |
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| 149 | + | (2) Abstinence from sex all sexual activity outside of |
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| 150 | + | marriage, regardless of a student's current or past sexual |
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| 151 | + | experience, is the expected social standard for unmarried |
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| 152 | + | school-age persons individuals. |
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| 183 | | - | with pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing. |
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| 184 | | - | b. Abortion, including medically accurate information |
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| 185 | | - | regarding the procedure and risks associated with the |
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| 186 | | - | procedure, and the abortion law in Alabama. |
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| 187 | | - | c. The process of domestic infant adoption, including |
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| 188 | | - | the availability of relevant resources. |
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| 189 | | - | d. The process for surrendering a newborn infant |
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| 190 | | - | pursuant to Chapter 25 of Title 26. |
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| 191 | | - | (5) Information concerning the laws prohibiting sexual |
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| 192 | | - | abuse, the need to report such abuse to a parent, guardian, or |
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| 193 | | - | law enforcement, and the legal options available to victims of |
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| 194 | | - | sexual abuse. |
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| 195 | | - | (6) Information on how to identify and avoid unhealthy |
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| 196 | | - | relationships, including factors predictive of physical, |
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| 197 | | - | emotional, or sexual abuse and exploitation, coercion, or |
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| 198 | | - | assault, and how to cope with and rebuff unwanted physical and |
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| 199 | | - | verbal sexual exploitation by other persons individuals. |
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| 200 | | - | (7) Psychologically sound methods Knowledge and skills |
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| 201 | | - | to of resisting resist unwanted peer pressure and avoid |
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| 202 | | - | cyberbullying, sexting, pornography, and online sexual |
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| 203 | | - | predators, and the potential legal implications of |
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| 204 | | - | participating in any of the preceding activities . |
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| 205 | | - | (8) Comprehensive instruction in all of the following: |
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| 206 | | - | a. Parenting parenting skills and responsibilities, |
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| 207 | | - | including the benefits of a child being raised by both |
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| 208 | | - | parents, the responsibility to pay child support by a |
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| 209 | | - | non-custodial parent or parents, the penalties for non-payment |
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| 210 | | - | of child support, and the legal and ethical responsibilities |
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| 211 | | - | of child care and child rearing. |
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| 182 | + | school-age persons individuals. |
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| 183 | + | (3) The advantages of avoiding nonmarital sexual |
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| 184 | + | activity and the potential physical and emotional negative |
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| 185 | + | outcomes associated with youth and teen sexual activity. |
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| 186 | + | (b) For the purposes of this section, sexual risk |
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| 187 | + | avoidance refers to a primary prevention approach to sex |
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| 188 | + | education that seeks to achieve optimal health outcomes for |
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| 189 | + | all Alabama youth by providing information and skills needed |
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| 190 | + | to achieve the benefits of avoiding all non-marital sexual |
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| 191 | + | activity. |
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| 192 | + | (c) Course materials and instruction that relate to |
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| 193 | + | sexual health education or sexually transmitted diseases and |
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| 194 | + | infections shall be age-appropriate and medically accurate. |
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| 195 | + | For purposes of this section, the term "age appropriate" means |
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| 196 | + | topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to particular |
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| 197 | + | ages or age groups of children and adolescents, based on |
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| 198 | + | developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity |
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| 199 | + | typical for the age or age group. |
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| 200 | + | (c)(d) Course materials and instruction that relate to |
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| 201 | + | sexual health education or sexually transmitted diseases and |
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| 202 | + | infections, if available, shall include all of the following |
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| 203 | + | elements: |
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| 204 | + | (1) An emphasis on sexual abstinence as the only |
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| 205 | + | completely reliable method of avoiding unintended teenage |
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| 206 | + | pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections. |
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| 207 | + | (2) The emphasis shall be on the importance of delaying |
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| 208 | + | sexual activity by and discouraging risky sexual behavior , |
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| 209 | + | providing skills to avoid sexual risk, and developing |
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| 210 | + | awareness among students of how sexual activity can impact the |
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| 241 | | - | of child care and child rearing. |
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| 242 | | - | b. The impact of youth and teenage pregnancy on the |
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| 243 | | - | parent, child, and society. |
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| 244 | | - | c. The benefits of raising children within the context |
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| 245 | | - | of marriage. |
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| 246 | | - | d. The options for individuals experiencing unintended |
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| 247 | | - | pregnancy, the benefits of adoption for both the pregnant |
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| 248 | | - | youth or teenager and the child, and the associated challenges |
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| 249 | | - | of parenting, abortion, and adoption decisions. |
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| 250 | | - | e. Medically sound information relating to fetal growth |
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| 251 | | - | and development, maternal health, and infant health. |
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| 252 | | - | f. The educational and financial impact of youth and |
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| 253 | | - | teenage pregnancies. |
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| 254 | | - | (d)(e) Parents or guardians shall be given advanced, |
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| 255 | | - | written notification of the teaching of any sex education or |
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| 256 | | - | of the human reproductive process at least 14 days before the |
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| 257 | | - | content is taught to students . Upon the request of a parent or |
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| 258 | | - | guardian and prior to distribution to students, the school |
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| 259 | | - | shall make available to parents or guardians the sex education |
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| 260 | | - | curriculum in its entirety and provide each parent or guardian |
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| 261 | | - | with the opportunity to opt his or her child out from the |
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| 262 | | - | instruction, with no penalty to the student . |
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| 263 | | - | (f) Sex education and human reproductive curriculum, |
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| 264 | | - | advice, or content offered by a public K-12 school may not |
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| 265 | | - | include any of the following: |
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| 266 | | - | (1) Information that misrepresents the efficacy of |
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| 267 | | - | contraception use or demonstrates the use of contraceptive |
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| 268 | | - | materials. |
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| 269 | | - | (2) Information on how to obtain, or that provides a |
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| 240 | + | awareness among students of how sexual activity can impact the |
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| 241 | + | whole person, including physical, social, emotional, |
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| 242 | + | psychological, economic, and educational life outcomes . |
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| 243 | + | (3) Statistics and data based on the latest accurate |
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| 244 | + | medical information that indicate the degree of reliability |
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| 245 | + | and unreliability real life usage regarding the efficacy and |
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| 246 | + | limitations of various forms of contraception among the youth |
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| 247 | + | population, while also emphasizing the increase in protection |
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| 248 | + | against pregnancy and protection against sexually transmitted |
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| 249 | + | infections, including HIV infection, which is afforded by the |
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| 250 | + | use of various contraceptive measures , provided that the |
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| 251 | + | content: (i) is aligned with the exclusive message of sexual |
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| 252 | + | risk avoidance; (ii) does not normalize, encourage, or promote |
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| 253 | + | sexual behavior among youth and teens; (iii) is presented in |
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| 254 | + | the context that while contraception may reduce the risk of |
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| 255 | + | pregnancy and contracting sexually transmitted infections, |
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| 256 | + | including HIV, it does not eliminate the risk; and (iv) |
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| 257 | + | dispels any false sense of security about "safe sex." . |
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| 258 | + | (4) Information Accurate and current information |
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| 259 | + | concerning the laws relating to all of the following: |
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| 260 | + | a. The the financial responsibilities impact associated |
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| 261 | + | with pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing. |
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| 262 | + | b. Abortion, including medically accurate information |
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| 263 | + | regarding the procedure and risks associated with the |
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| 264 | + | procedure, and abortion law in Alabama, including that except |
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| 265 | + | for limited exceptions, abortion is prohibited in Alabama. |
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| 266 | + | c. The process of domestic infant adoption and placing |
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| 267 | + | a child with an adoptive family, including the availability of |
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| 268 | + | relevant resources. |
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| 299 | | - | (2) Information on how to obtain, or that provides a |
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| 300 | | - | referral to, abortion services. |
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| 301 | | - | (3) Images, materials, or video footage that are |
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| 302 | | - | sexually explicit. |
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| 303 | | - | (g) Local boards of education may not use the services |
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| 304 | | - | of any individual or organization to assist in teaching about |
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| 305 | | - | sex education or the human reproductive system if that |
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| 306 | | - | individual or organization does not endorse sexual risk |
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| 307 | | - | avoidance as the primary means of sex education, or if the |
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| 308 | | - | individual or organization performs abortions, provides |
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| 309 | | - | referrals to abortion services, or provides funding, advocacy, |
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| 310 | | - | or other support for abortion. |
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| 311 | | - | (h) The Attorney General shall have the authority to |
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| 312 | | - | enforce the provisions of this section by obtaining injunctive |
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| 313 | | - | relief to require compliance with this section. " |
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| 314 | | - | Section 2. This act shall become effective on October |
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| 315 | | - | 1, 2024. |
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| 298 | + | relevant resources. |
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| 299 | + | d. The process for surrendering a newborn infant |
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| 300 | + | pursuant to Chapter 25 of Title 26. |
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| 301 | + | (5) Information concerning the laws prohibiting sexual |
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| 302 | + | abuse, the need to report such abuse to a parent, guardian, or |
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| 303 | + | law enforcement, and the legal options available to victims of |
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| 304 | + | sexual abuse. |
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| 305 | + | (6) Information on how to identify and avoid unhealthy |
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| 306 | + | relationships, including factors predictive of physical, |
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| 307 | + | emotional, or sexual abuse and exploitation, coercion, or |
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| 308 | + | assault, and how to cope with and rebuff unwanted physical and |
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| 309 | + | verbal sexual exploitation by other persons individuals. |
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| 310 | + | (7) Psychologically sound methods Knowledge and skills |
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| 311 | + | to of resisting resist unwanted peer pressure and avoid |
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| 312 | + | cyberbullying, sexting, pornography, and online sexual |
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| 313 | + | predators, and the potential legal implications of |
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| 314 | + | participating in any of the preceding activities . |
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| 315 | + | (8) Comprehensive instruction in all of the following: |
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| 316 | + | a. Parenting parenting skills and responsibilities, |
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| 317 | + | including the responsibility to pay child support by |
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| 318 | + | non-custodial parents, the penalties for non-payment of child |
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| 319 | + | support, and the legal and ethical responsibilities of child |
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| 320 | + | care and child rearing. |
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| 321 | + | b. The lifelong impact of youth and teenage pregnancy |
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| 322 | + | on the parent, child, and society. |
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| 323 | + | c. The benefits of raising children within the context |
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| 324 | + | of marriage. |
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| 325 | + | d. The options for individuals experiencing unintended |
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| 326 | + | pregnancy, the benefits of adoption for both the pregnant |
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| 356 | + | pregnancy, the benefits of adoption for both the pregnant |
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| 357 | + | youth or teenager and the child, and the associated challenges |
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| 358 | + | of parenting, abortion, and adoption decisions. |
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| 359 | + | e. Medically sound information relating to fetal growth |
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| 360 | + | and development, maternal health, and infant health. |
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| 361 | + | f. The educational and financial impact of youth and |
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| 362 | + | teenage pregnancies. |
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| 363 | + | g. The advantage of a father's involvement in the life |
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| 364 | + | of his child. |
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| 365 | + | (d)(e) Parents or guardians shall be given advanced, |
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| 366 | + | written notification of the teaching of any sex education or |
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| 367 | + | of the human reproductive process at least 14 days before the |
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| 368 | + | content is taught to students . Upon the request of a parent or |
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| 369 | + | guardian and prior to distribution to students, the school |
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| 370 | + | shall make available to parents or guardians the sex education |
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| 371 | + | curriculum in its entirety and provide each parent or guardian |
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| 372 | + | with the opportunity to opt his or her child out from the |
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| 373 | + | instruction, with no penalty to the student . |
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| 374 | + | (f) Sex education and human reproductive curriculum, |
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| 375 | + | advice, or content offered by a public K-12 school may not |
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| 376 | + | include any of the following: |
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| 377 | + | (1) Information that misrepresents the efficacy of |
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| 378 | + | contraception use, demonstrates the use of contraceptive |
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| 379 | + | materials, or provides referrals to obtain a contraceptive, or |
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| 380 | + | any information about the distribution of a contraceptive. |
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| 381 | + | (2) Information or advice that encourages the use of, |
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| 382 | + | instructs on how to obtain, or provides a referral to abortion |
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| 383 | + | services or the use of an abortifacient. |
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| 384 | + | (3) Graphic images, materials, or video footage that |
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| 414 | + | (3) Graphic images, materials, or video footage that |
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| 415 | + | are sexually explicit or normalize youth or teenage sexual |
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| 416 | + | activity of any kind. |
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| 417 | + | (4) Information that explicitly or implicitly promotes |
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| 418 | + | any activity or message that encourages youth or teenagers to |
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| 419 | + | experiment with nonmarital sexual activity. |
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| 420 | + | (g) Local boards of education may not use the services |
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| 421 | + | of any individual or organization to assist in teaching about |
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| 422 | + | sex education or the human reproductive system if that |
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| 423 | + | individual or organization endorses an approach to sex |
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| 424 | + | education that does not endorse sexual risk avoidance as the |
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| 425 | + | exclusive and unambiguous means of sex education, or if the |
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| 426 | + | individual or organization performs abortions, provides |
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| 427 | + | referrals to abortion services, or provides funding, advocacy, |
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| 428 | + | or other support for abortion. |
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| 429 | + | (h)(1) The Attorney General shall have the authority to |
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| 430 | + | enforce the provisions of this section by obtaining injunctive |
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| 431 | + | relief to require compliance with this section. |
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| 432 | + | (2) Notwithstanding Section 36-1-12, the parent or |
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| 433 | + | guardian of any student at a public K-12 school may bring a |
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| 434 | + | cause of action against any local board of education and any |
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| 435 | + | of its agents or employees, including, but not limited to, a |
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| 436 | + | superintendent, principal, assistant principal, teacher, or |
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| 437 | + | teacher's aide to seek compliance with this section in a court |
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| 438 | + | of competent jurisdiction. Available remedies include |
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| 439 | + | injunctive relief, attorney fees, and litigation expenses, |
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| 440 | + | including witness fees and court costs. " |
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| 441 | + | Section 2. This act shall become effective on October |
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| 442 | + | 1, 2024. |
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