Full Text of HR0660 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Sexuality Information and Education Council | 3 | | of the United States reports that Illinois teens experience | 4 | | higher percentages of forced sexual intercourse, dating | 5 | | violence, and physical or sexual violence compared to the | 6 | | national average; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Center for Disease Control reports 1 in 3 | 8 | | women and 1 in 4 men have experienced sexual violence involving | 9 | | sexual contact; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, 1 in 9 females and 1 in 36 male high school | 11 | | students reported experiencing sexual dating violence in the | 12 | | last year; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Members of the LGBTQ+ community face greater rates | 14 | | of sexual violence compared to heterosexual individuals; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Around half of transgender people are sexually | 16 | | assaulted in their lifetime; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Approximately 1.8 million cases of Chlamydia and | 18 | | over 500,000 cases of Gonorrhea were reported to the CDC in | 19 | | 2018; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, Illinois ranked 10th for the rate of | 2 | | Chlamydia and Syphilis cases and was ranked 17th for the rate | 3 | | of Gonorrhea cases; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Sexually transmitted diseases cost the U.S. | 5 | | healthcare system $16 billion annually; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Comprehensive sex education means that the sex | 7 | | education curriculum fully meets the seven topics of the | 8 | | National Sexuality Education Standards: Anatomy and | 9 | | Physiology, Puberty and Adolescent Development, Identity, | 10 | | Pregnancy and Reproduction, Sexually Transmitted Disease and | 11 | | HIV, Healthy Relationships (which includes consent education), | 12 | | and Personal Safety; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Comprehensive sex education has been proven to | 14 | | reduce teen pregnancy and STD rates as well as to increase | 15 | | contraceptive use and help young people have healthy | 16 | | relationships; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, the CDC found a 12% reduction in sexual | 18 | | risk-taking among students who had comprehensive sex | 19 | | education; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we recognize every student has the right to comprehensive sex | 2 | | education, and we support organizations and schools that are | 3 | | providing comprehensive sex education; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That comprehensive sex education is necessary to | 5 | | aid in the reduction of the high rates of sexual violence and | 6 | | STDs.
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