Utah

Utah prohibits “the advocacy of homosexuality; the advocacy or encouragement of the use of contraceptive methods or devices; or the advocacy of sexual activity outside of marriage” in sex education curricula.

Sex Education Policy

Utah requires its students receive abstinence-only programs which closely track with the 8-point federal definition of abstinence-only education. See the statutes governing sex education: Utah State Code 53A-13-101 and Utah Administrative Rule R277-474

Health Outcomes

Utah has among the lowest AIDS, STI, and teen pregnancy rates in the nation.

**Sexual Health Stats at a Glance**
	Teen Pregnancy Rate*	Teen Birth Rate*	Annual rate of AIDS Diagnoses (per 100,000 people)	STI Rate⁺	% of high school students who did not use a condom at last sex
Utah	47	30.7	2.6	11.1	Not reported
National	70	39.1	11.2	100.8	39

*Per 1000 young women ages 15-19
+Because of concern over recent changes in Chlamydia reporting and relative low incidence of syphilis, we used the state's gonorrhea rate as a stand-in for sexually transmitted infection rates.