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North Carolina Protect Our Students is in favor of a sex ed approach that is called Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) education which teaches teens skills and health benefits of avoiding risky behaviors and waiting for sex until they are older. CDC Fact: More and more teens ARE waiting to have sex. We want to support that healthy choice.

 

SRA is a Realistic Goal for Youth 

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• Most teens have not had sex, and about half of those who have, wish they had waited. 

• Over the past 25 years, there has been a 28% decrease of teens who have had sex showing that the SRA approach is realistic and increasingly resonates with youth. 

• It is time to reinforce this positive trend among youth.

 

Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) programs focus on preventing the well-documented factors that lead to poverty and offer practical and effective solutions for addressing this persistent societal concern. 

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• SRA Programs encourage The Success Sequence: A Positive Formula for Youth 

• If youth adopt these behaviors, in sequence, as a millennial, they risk only a 3% chance of living in poverty as adults: 

• Graduate 

• Get a full-time job 

• Wait until 21 and married before having children

 

Sexual Risk Avoidance education is science-based and focused on helping youth achieve optimal health outcomes. 

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• The most widely used SRA programs in the US share medically accurate information on contraception without demonstrating or distributing various methods. SRA programs always give this information within a broader conversation that strongly emphasizes the value of waiting for sex in order to avoid all sexual risk. SRA programs do not normalize teen sex, especially important, since CDC data shows that nearly 70% of 15-17 year olds are NOT having sex.

 

SRA Education is inclusive of all students: SRA programs have universally transferable principles that are designed to help all students avoid sexual risk

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