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The Illinois State Senate voted 37
to 21 in favor of HB2675, which will require Illinois public schools that teach
sex education to add instruction about contraception and STDs to the current
abstinence-only curriculum. Gov. Pat Quinn supports the bill. HB2675 will allow
districts to opt out of including sex education in the curriculum; parents also
may examine their district’s sex education curriculum and opt out for their
children if they wish.
Proponents of the bill believe that
abstinence-only education is not effective and children benefit from having as
much information as possible. According to Illinois Planned Parenthood
President and Chief Executive Officer Carole Brite, students who receive sex
education that includes contraception and disease prevention information are
more likely to delay having sex and to use protection when they do have sex.
Opponents counter that abstinence-only curricula impart “valuable principles”
and fear that HB2675 will affect local control of sex education.
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