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FutureNet invites all providers of sexual
health education in Iowa to voluntarily commit to the following:
Sexual health education will be factual,
medically accurate, and informed by the weight of available peer-reviewed
research.
Providers will voluntarily adhere to a basic
set of science-based standards and be willing to accept a periodic
peer review of practices and program content.
Sexual health education will affirm sexuality
as a natural lifelong quality of being human which can be expressed
in healthy, responsible ways.
Providers will actively advocate for:
• Abstinence first from any form of risky sexual activity,
• Age-appropriate, medically accurate sexuality education
for all,
• Access and referral to reproductive health care and services
for sexually active youth, and
• The efficacy of contraception and condoms in reducing the
risk of pregnancy and STI/HIV infection.
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