(F) support for the development of new 
evaluation techniques and performance criteria 
for sexual and reproductive health programs, 
emphasizing the user’s perspective and repro-
ductive goals. 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADOLESCENT.—The term ‘‘adolescent’’ 
means an individual who has attained the age of 10 
years but not 20 years. 
(2) COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘‘comprehensive sexuality education’’ 
means helping young people develop the inter-
personal skills necessary for the formation of caring, 
supportive, and non-coercive relationships and the 
ability to exercise responsibility regarding sexual re-
lationships by addressing such issues as sexual di-
versity, abstinence, and the use of condoms, contra-
ceptives, and other protective sexual health meas-
ures. 
(3) INTEGRATION.—The term ‘‘integration’’ 
means joining together different kinds of services or 
operational programs, either directly or by referral, 
to ensure more comprehensive services, promote a 
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continuum of care, and to maximize health out-
comes. 
(4) LINKAGES.—The term ‘‘linkages’’ means— 
(A) the bi-directional synergies in policy, 
programs, services, and advocacy related to sex-
ual and reproductive health, including HIV/ 
AIDS; and 
(B) refers to a broader human rights based 
approach, of which service integration is a sub-
set. 
(5) REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.—The term ‘‘re-
productive health’’— 
(A) means a state of complete physical, 
mental, and social well-being and not merely 
the absence of disease or infirmity, in all mat-
ters relating to the reproductive system and to 
its functions and processes; and 
(B) implies that an individual is able to 
have a satisfying and safe sex life and that such 
individual has the capability to reproduce and 
the freedom to decide if, when, and how often 
to do so, including the right of men and women 
to be informed and to have access to safe, effec-
tive, affordable, and acceptable methods of fam-
ily planning of their choice, as well as other 
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methods of their choice for regulation of fer-
tility which are not against the law, and the 
right of access to appropriate health-care serv-
ices that will enable women to go safely through 
pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples 
with the best chance of having a healthy infant. 
(6) REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘repro-
ductive rights’’— 
(A) means those rights that embrace cer-
tain human rights that are already recognized 
in national laws, international human rights 
documents, and other consensus documents; 
(B) includes the recognition of the basic 
right of all couples and individuals to decide 
freely and responsibly the number, spacing, and 
timing of their children and to have the infor-
mation and means to do so, and the right to at-
tain the highest standard of sexual and repro-
ductive health; and 
(C) further includes the right of all couples 
and individuals to make decisions concerning 
reproduction free of discrimination, coercion, 
and violence, as expressed in human rights doc-
uments. 
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(7) SEXUAL
HEALTH.—The term ‘‘sexual 
health’’— 
(A) means a state of physical, emotional, 
mental, and social well-being in relation to sex-
uality and not merely the absence of disease, 
dysfunction, or infirmity; 
(B) includes a positive and respectful ap-
proach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as 
well as the possibility of having pleasurable and 
safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, dis-
crimination, and violence; and 
(C) further includes the sexual rights of all 
persons to be respected, protected, and fulfilled. 
(8) UNMET NEED.—The term ‘‘unmet need’’ 
refers to nonuse of a modern contraceptive method 
by an individual who is married or unmarried and 
sexually active, is able to become pregnant, and 
wants to stop childbearing or to wait at least 2 years 
before having a child. 
(9) YOUNG PEOPLE.—The term ‘‘young people’’ 
means those individuals who have attained the age 
of 10 years but not 25 years. 
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(10) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means an in-
dividual who has attained the age of 15 years but 
not 25 years. 
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