Sex education is about informing students about sex so they can make informed decisions when the time comes to have sex. Sexuality education helps students protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. Students should walk away from a sex education class with the right tools so they can make informed decisions about their sexual health and well-being. The goal of sex education is to provide the student with as much information as possible so that he or she can use the skills learned in class for the rest of his or her life. However, for some time now, sex education has been a hot issue in the United States. The debate is about which form of sex education is best for students. In recent years there has been much discussion about which form of sex education is most effective: Abstinence, Abstinence Plus or Complete. Abstinence-free sex education does not recognize that teens will become sexually active, so students don't learn about different forms of contraception, and students don't learn about abortion. Additionally, students are taught that the risks of contracting a sexually transmitted disease or HIV are the primary reasons for remaining abstinent. Abstinence-based sex education explores the context and meaning of sex. Although abstinence combined with education still promotes abstinence, it is recognized that many adolescents will become sexually active. Students are taught about contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. Comprehensive sex education does not focus on teaching young people that they should remain abstinent until marriage, although it does teach that. Even as students learn the benefits of abstinence, students learn how to handle themselves when they decide to have sex. In my high school, we were required to have a suit…half a paper…If they learn about sex comprehensively. Works Cited1. http://www.kff.org/content/2000/3048/SexED.pdf2. http://www.siecus.org3. http://www.cwfa.org/library/family/1998-07_pp_abstinence.shtml4. Elliot, Emma. “Abstinence-only sex education reduces adolescent sexual activity.” Adolescents at risk. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Views.5. “Sex education is more effective than abstinence-only education.” Do abstinence programs work? Ed. Cristina Fisanick. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. At issue.6. “Comprehensive sex education is inappropriate and harmful.” Do abstinence programs work? Ed. Cristina Fisanick. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. At issue.7. Sendziuk, Paolo. “Zip Pants, Leg Crossing, and Magical Thinking: Sex Education in the Age of AIDS.” Dissent 55.3 (2008): 55+. (Academic journal)