IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 375 
Supporting the goals and ideals of the month of May as Sex Ed For All 
Month: Equity and Access for All. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2021 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. POCAN, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. COHEN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. JONES, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. ADAMS, and Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of the month of May as 
Sex Ed For All Month: Equity and Access for All. 
Whereas Sex Ed For All Month is a nationwide observance 
that calls on people to take action to invest so as to en-
sure all young people have access to inclusive and honest 
sex education; 
Whereas young people face vast systemic inequities and 
structural barriers to ensuring their lifelong health; 
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Whereas racial disparities persist in young people’s sexual 
health, highlighting ongoing social inequities in access to 
sex education as well as sexual health services; 
Whereas access to quality information and education about 
young people’s sexual health is a critical step toward ad-
dressing disparities caused by structural barriers; 
Whereas despite historic declines, the United States has the 
highest rate of unintended teen pregnancy among com-
parable countries and limited resources available for 
young parents; 
Whereas young people aged 15 through 25 contract half of 
the 19 million sexually transmitted infections each year, 
despite making up only a quarter of the sexually active 
population; 
Whereas young people under the age of 25 accounted for 1 
in 5 new HIV transmissions; 
Whereas three-quarters of LGBT students report harass-
ment, 56 percent report feeling unsafe, and nearly a 
third skipped at least one day of school in the month 
prior to reporting due to concerns for their safety; 
Whereas approximately 1 in 3 young women in the United 
States experiences physical, emotional, or verbal abuse 
from a dating partner; 
Whereas sex education that includes information beyond ab-
stinence has been found to delay sexual intercourse, in-
crease condom or contraceptive use, reduce the number 
of partners among young people, and decrease physical 
aggression with intimate partners; 
Whereas young people who received sex education are 50 per-
cent less likely to experience an unintended pregnancy, 
31 percent less likely to contract a sexually transmitted 
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infection, and more likely to delay sexual activity and use 
contraception upon becoming sexually active; 
Whereas sex education provides information about the pre-
vention, treatment, and care of pregnancy, sexually trans-
mitted infections, and interpersonal violence; the impor-
tance of consent as a basis for healthy relationships and 
for autonomy in health care; sexual orientation, gender 
roles, and gender discrimination; and the historical and 
current conditions in which education and health sys-
tems, policies, programs, services, and practices have 
uniquely adversely impacted Black, indigenous, Latinx, 
Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other 
people of color; 
Whereas sex education promotes gender equity, and is inclu-
sive of young people with varying gender identities, gen-
der expressions, and sexual orientations; safe and healthy 
relationships; and racial equity ensuring responsiveness 
to the needs of young people who are Black, indigenous, 
and other people of color; 
Whereas sex education promotes and upholds the rights of 
young people to information that empowers them to make 
decisions about their bodies, health, sexuality, families, 
and communities in all areas of life; and 
Whereas May of each year is now recognized as Sex Ed For 
All Month: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of Sex Ed For 
All Month; 
(2) calls on all public and elected officials to ad-
vocate for and invest in sex education legislation; 
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(3) encourages State and local governments, in-
cluding their public health agencies, education agen-
cies, schools, and media organizations to recognize 
and support Sex Ed For All Month; 
(4) commends the work of community and 
faith-based organizations, State education agencies, 
local education agencies, and health centers that are 
providing sex education to young people; 
(5) prioritizes sex education programs that are 
evidence-informed, comprehensive in scope, confiden-
tial, equitable, accessible, medically accurate and 
complete, age and developmentally appropriate, cul-
turally responsive, trauma-informed, and resilience- 
oriented; 
(6) discourages health education programs that 
withhold health-promoting or life-saving information 
about sexuality-related topics, including HIV; are 
medically inaccurate or incomplete; promote gender 
or racial stereotypes or are unresponsive to gender 
or racial inequities; fail to address the needs of sexu-
ally active young people, pregnant or parenting 
young people, survivors of interpersonal violence, or 
youth of all physical, developmental, or mental abili-
ties; fail to be inclusive of individuals with varying 
gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual ori-
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entations; or are inconsistent with the ethical im-
peratives of medicine and public health; 
(7) recommends implementation of sex edu-
cation in schools and continued professional develop-
ment for educators and administrative staff that 
work with young people; and 
(8) calls for all youth-serving professionals, edu-
cators, and decisionmakers who impact the lives of 
youth to take action to ensure access to inclusive 
and honest sex education for all young people. 
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