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WISCONSIN
TEEN RIGHTS
Does not require sexuality education (decided by individual school boards)
Information must be age appropriate, medically accurate, culturally unbiased
Contraception education
Abstinence must be stressed as the only guaranteed prevention method for pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Other forms of contraception like condoms, the pill, the patch, etc must be taught as well, but not mandatory to stress it.
Instructors must not promote bias against students based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnic/cultural background, sexual activity or disability.
Safe Schools Law: anti-harassment and/or nondiscrimination law that includes sexual orientation (but not gender identity)
Wisconsin replaces the common term “rape” for “sexual assault”