Trump team ditches the delusion: Sex ed returns to actual sex, not woke propaganda and promiscuity

On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reportedly poised to strip nearly $70 million dollars from a Biden-era sex education program that focused on abortion, masturbation, and other sexually explicit material, returning to more need-to-know, traditional teaching on the sensitive topic. 

"Federal funds may not be used to indoctrinate America's children with radical ideologies or other inappropriate material," read a statement from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.

The Office of Population Affairs, under the Assistant Secretary for Health, reviewed the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and decided to end 53 of its 67 grants. The programs, awarded during the Biden administration, included materials promoting pornography, contraception, abortion and gender ideology to middle and high school students, according to department documents.

HHS said the funded curricula violated the program’s authorizing statute and referred to the programs as not only sexually explicit but also "medically inaccurate" and "age inappropriate."

In their place, the department is launching two new funding opportunities totaling roughly $8.3 million for projects that emphasize “body literacy,” and that "do not promote material that depicts, describes, exposes, or presents obscene, indecent, or sexually explicit content, including content that normalizes or promotes sexual activity for minors.”

"Gender identity" and promoting pornography as "healthy"

Among the terminated grants were monies awarded to “Positive Prevention Plus,” which was aimed at high schoolers, which defined gender identity as a “deeply-felt sense of being male or female, or being something in-between.” 

It also outlined California’s laws allowing minors to obtain abortions without parental notification or consent, calling the procedure “very safe” with major complications occurring in less than 0.25% of cases, which may be a significant undervaluation depending on procedure and gestational age.  

The “Wrap It Up” program for grades 9 through 12 included content suggesting pornography could be used “in a safe, private way” to generate ideas for sexual activity.

“Love Notes,” for ages 14 to 19, featured excerpts from a celebrity interview detailing exposure to violent and abusive pornography starting at age 11.

Other curricula, such as “Making Proud Choices” for ages 11 to 16 and “Linking Families and Teens,” included hands-on condom demonstrations using models, discussions of dental dams, and role-playing scenarios involving sexual decisions. Department officials said the reviewed materials often normalized sexual activity among minors and promoted topics including transgender identities and abortion access.

The terminations and new funding priorities reflect a shift toward programs the administration says better align with statutory requirements and focus on preventing risk factors for teen pregnancy without explicit content. 

Democrats putting the "X" in sex ed

Democrats have a history of pushing the boundaries of appropriateness in sex education. In 1994, during former President Bill Clinton's presidency, his Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders publicly suggested that masturbation "is part of human sexuality and perhaps should be taught" in schools as part of comprehensive sex education to help reduce risky teen sexual behavior. 

Her comment at a United Nations AIDS conference caused a major backlash and Clinton quickly distanced himself from it and forced Elders to resign, calling it one controversy too many. 

In May, Denver Public Schools fired French language teacher Jennifer Honka at Northeast Early College after an investigation and administrative review found she had assigned graded classroom skits that required students, frequently same-sex pairs of girls, to kiss one another. "The safety, emotional well-being and dignity of our students are the absolute highest priorities of Denver Public Schools," district spokesman Bill Good said in a statement to The Jefferson City News Tribune. "We commend the bravery of the students who came forward to report these incidents, as well as the school staff who acted immediately as mandatory reporters."

Amanda Head is White House Correspondent for Just The News. You can follow her here.