Belmont Health Law Journal
Abstract
This Note explores why Tennessee needs a comprehensive sexual education curriculum, how Tennessee can get it, and what should be included in the Curriculum. Part II of this Note provides background on sexual health in the United States. Particularly, this section includes statistics surrounding STDs and teen pregnancy, the current sexual health policy in Tennessee, and examples of different sexual education curriculums currently being used throughout the United States. Part III of this Note analyzes legal tethers that can help attain comprehensive sexual education in Tennessee including the Mature Minor Doctrine, Freedom of Religion, the Fourteenth Amendment Liberty Interest, Title IX, and Title V. These anlyses show arguments for comprehensive education and how to overcome the opposition of comprehensive education. Finally, this Note concludes with suggested improvements to Tennessee's Family Life Curriculum policy based off the World Health Organizations International Technical Guidance on Sexual Education and successful comprehensive sexual health curriculums currently being applied in the U.S.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Tess J.D. Candidate
(2022)
"If You Can't Stop Them, Protect Them: The Legal Tethers for Bringing Fully Comprehensive Sexual Education Policy to Tennessee,"
Belmont Health Law Journal: Vol. 6, Article 7.
Available at:
https://repository.belmont.edu/healthlaw/vol6/iss1/7