The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics
In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get "Baby Olivia."
November 18, 2025
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In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get "Baby Olivia."
The Department of Health and Human Services issued an ultimatum to 46 states.
Where does your state fall on the list?
“What young people want is to talk about decision-making and relationships. They want to know how to take care of themselves,” one expert said. “We can trust young people with information. But only if we treat them with respect.”
The man representing the North Carolina Republican party is a Holocaust denier who has often compared homosexuality to pedophilia.
"Don’t lay down and act like you’re making a baby til you’re ready to have a baby," the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina said in an unearthed 2022 video.
Not sure what constitutes "obscene matter?" Neither are the West Virginia Republicans who wrote a new bill seeking to prosecute educators for spreading it.
Trans boys and nonbinary youth were assigned female at birth don't always receive appropriate information to help them prevent pregnancy and STIs, but a new program seeks to change that.
Here are the shows and films for your queer viewing pleasure.
The group of parents are upset that their kids would be exposed to diverse authors and viewpoints in their English classes.
What used to be the conservative “abstinence only” position has turned into not learning about sex at all.
The final season of Sex Education premieres on Netflix on September 21.
Johanson counseled audiences on all things sexual on call-in TV shows in both the U.S. and Canada.
Juno Dawson says the book is meant for teens as a way to provide them with an additional resource in sex education.