Illinois Lawmakers Send ‘Sexually Charged’ K-12 Sex-Ed Bill to Governor
Dr. Susan Berry 2 Jun 2021
Illinois legislators passed a bill Friday that would require K-12 public schools in the state that offer sex education to align their curriculum with the National Sex Education Standards (NSES), the creation of organizations that advocate for sex-ed consistent with abortion rights and LGBTQ inclusion.
If Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signs the bill into law, Illinois will be the first state to align its sex-ed standards with NSES.
Republican lawmakers and some Democrats objected to the explicit content in the standards that would be taught, even to children in elementary and middle school.
“The goal of sex education is to help young people grow into healthier sexual relationships and healthier adults,” said state Rep. Tony McCombie (R), according to NPR. “[The bill] is not age appropriate, it is sexually charged.”
Abortion and LGBTQ activists celebrated the passage of the bill, claiming the type of sex-ed information they condone will help to bring about an end to “bullying, stigmatization, harassment, violence and discrimination,” and even prevent children who feel different from becoming “suicidal.”
The advocates for the NSES said the standards will provide children with “medically accurate and age-appropriate” education, even as the standards state that between grades K-2 children should learn to “define gender, gender identity, and gender role stereotypes.”
Between grades 3-5, the standards say children should learn to “distinguish between sex assigned at birth and gender identity,” “define and explain differences between cisgender, transgender, gender nonbinary, gender expansive, and gender identity,” and “explain that gender expression and gender identity exist along a spectrum.”
Also between grades 3-5, children are required to learn “the potential role of hormone blockers on young people who identify as transgender.”
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