Bill Text: IL HR0039 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Supports comprehensive sex education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-28 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy [HR0039 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0039-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Sexuality Information and Education Council | ||||||
| 3 | of the United States reports that Illinois teens experience | ||||||
| 4 | higher percentages of forced sexual intercourse, dating | ||||||
| 5 | violence, and physical or sexual violence compared to the | ||||||
| 6 | national average; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||||||
| 8 | (CDC) reports 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced | ||||||
| 9 | sexual violence involving sexual contact; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, 1 in 9 females and 1 in 36 male high school | ||||||
| 11 | students reported experiencing sexual dating violence in the | ||||||
| 12 | last year; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Members of the LGBTQ+ community face greater | ||||||
| 14 | rates of sexual violence compared to heterosexual individuals; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Approximately half of transgender people are | ||||||
| 17 | sexually assaulted in their lifetime; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Approximately 1.8 million cases of chlamydia and | ||||||
| 19 | over 500,000 cases of gonorrhea were reported to the CDC in | ||||||
| 20 | 2018; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In 2017, Illinois ranked 10th for the rate of | ||||||
| 2 | chlamydia and syphilis cases and was ranked 17th for the rate | ||||||
| 3 | of gonorrhea cases; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Sexually transmitted diseases cost the U.S. | ||||||
| 5 | healthcare system $16 billion annually; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Comprehensive sex education means that the sex | ||||||
| 7 | education curriculum fully meets the seven topics of the | ||||||
| 8 | National Sexuality Education Standards, which include Anatomy | ||||||
| 9 | and Physiology, Puberty and Adolescent Development, Identity, | ||||||
| 10 | Pregnancy and Reproduction, Sexually Transmitted Disease and | ||||||
| 11 | HIV, Healthy Relationships including consent education, and | ||||||
| 12 | Personal Safety; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Comprehensive sex education has been proven to | ||||||
| 14 | reduce teen pregnancy and STD rates as well as to increase | ||||||
| 15 | contraceptive use and help young people have healthy | ||||||
| 16 | relationships; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The CDC found a 12% reduction in sexual | ||||||
| 18 | risk-taking among students who had comprehensive sex | ||||||
| 19 | education; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 2 | we recognize every student has the right to comprehensive sex | ||||||
| 3 | education, and we support organizations and schools that are | ||||||
| 4 | providing comprehensive sex education; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That comprehensive sex education is necessary to | ||||||
| 6 | aid in the reduction of the high rates of sexual violence and | ||||||
| 7 | sexually transmitted diseases.
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