In recent years, federal funding of abstinence only until marriage sex education has limited the ability of local schools to teach age appropriate, medically accurate sex education to their students. Senate Bill 2267 provides an opportunity for local schools and community groups to provide comprehensive, responsible sex education to young people in our state.

Please call your state senator today and urge him/her to support Senate Bill 2267 when it is considered by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday, February 8th! You can find the members of the Committee and their contact numbers listed below.

Senate Bill 2267 addresses concerns that arise when local school districts are only able to access abstinence only until marriage materials that fail to provide students with information they need to make responsible decisions to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies. The program, to be administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services, requires school districts to teach that abstinence is the only sure way to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

You can read more about Senate Bill 2267 at http://www.aclu-il.org/legislative/alerts/sb2267.pdf.

Members of the Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee

If you are not certain about who represents your Senate district, you can look up your State Senator at http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/SelectSearchType.aspx?NavLink=1.