1.0Advocates for Youthhttps://www.advocatesforyouth.orgArlenehttps://www.advocatesforyouth.org/author/arlene/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/press-releases/press-release-off-track-and-headed-in-the-wrong-direction-fewer-us-students-receiving-quality-sex-education/">Press Release: Off track and headed in the wrong direction: Fewer U.S. Students Receiving Quality Sex Education</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/press-releases/press-release-off-track-and-headed-in-the-wrong-direction-fewer-us-students-receiving-quality-sex-education/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Press Release: Off track and headed in the wrong direction: Fewer U.S. Students Receiving Quality Sex Education” — Advocates for Youth" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Sex education in this U.S. schools still relies on abstinence and leaves many students unprepared and in the dark, according to new research from the Guttmacher Institute that examines sex education from 2006-2013. The study, released yesterday from the Guttmacher Institute, examined sex education from 2006-2013 and found that fewer students are learning about how to use and where to get birth control and about HIV and STDs.  Perhaps most worrisome, the percentage of young people learning about condoms or birth control before having sex has declined: 43 percent of adolescent females and 57 percent of adolescent males did not receive information about birth control before they had sex for the first time.    https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Advocates-for-Youth-Logo_RRR-blue.png865449