Sex Education Laws and Public Schools Sex education is taught in public schools on topics ranging from abstinence and reproduction to sexual orientation and sexually transmitted diseases. Sex education is primarily introduced in grades seven through twelve, although some schools have addressed sexuality topics as early as the fourth grade. The following is a primer on sex education laws and public schools, including the topics typically covered and the ongoing debate about how sex ed is taught. State Sex Education Laws Sex education laws vary greatly among the states. Most states have laws that address some form of sexual education in schools, differing between what may or may not be taught and whether a parent may remove their child from certain sexual education programs with which they disagree. The majority of states allow parents to remove their child or "opt out" of sexually-related instruction, while other states...
How do you get HIV? HIV is found in the following bodily fluids of someone living with the virus: blood semen and pre-seminal fluid ('pre-cum') rectal fluids/anal mucous vaginal fluids breastmilk. For you to get HIV, these bodily fluids need to get into your blood through a mucous membrane (for example, the lining of the vagina, rectum, or the opening of the penis), via shared injecting equipment, or through broken skin (such as cuts or sores in the mouth or tears around the anus). There is not enough HIV virus in other bodily fluids, like saliva, sweat or urine, to transmit it from one person to another. Someone living with HIV who has an ‘undetectable’ viral load, meaning effective treatment has lowered the amount of virus in their blood to levels where it cannot be detected by a normal blood test, cannot pass on HIV. A person living with HIV with a detectable viral load can pass the virus to others whether they have symptoms or not. HI...
