The legislation regarding the availability of sex education is a widely debated topic which has important economic, social, and health consequences.
[2] This education must emphasize abstinence until marriage as the primary method to avoid unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, and is not allowed to advocate for abortion.
Schools are not able to give out contraceptives or provide any resource materials that depict explicit homosexual sexual activity.
[2] Louisiana law does not address the topics of instruction on HIV or STD prevention.
[5] In 2015, the Louisiana Adolescent Reproductive Health Coalition (LARHC), a non-profit activist group, was created in order to advocate for comprehensive sex education in schools.