March 26th, 2025

Contact: Michelle Slaybaugh

mslaybaugh@siecus.org

WASHINGTON, DC., March 26th, 2025 – SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change was featured in an article in Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Global Health NOW titled What Do American Kids Learn About Sex? It Depends Who You Ask. Annalies Winny, an associate editor at Global Health NOW, quoted Director of Policy and Advocacy, Alison Macklin (She/Her).

Most parents in the United States prefer comprehensive sex education programs over abstinence-only, yet progress is lagging behind. Macklin notes the chilling effect our political climate has on these sensitive subjects on top of a “mountain of problems that [teachers and schools] are struggling with… they are feeding kids or clothing kids. They’re the mental health safety net… Unfortunately, complying with certain laws around sex education may not be top of mind.”

Read the full article here.

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SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change has served as a leading national voice for sex education since 1964, asserting that sexuality is a fundamental part of being human, one worthy of dignity and respect. Through advocacy, policy and coalition building, SIECUS advances sex education as a vehicle for social change—where all people receive sex education, are affirmed in their identities, and have power to make decisions about their own health, pleasure, and wholeness.