Abstract
Secondary school sex education has been identified as a productive site for teaching about fertility. U.S. sex-education curricula of all types does not explicitly include fertility, but research suggests fertility is nonetheless discussed in the sex-education classroom. To identify the contexts of those in-class discussions, we analyze semi-structured interviews with 32 secondary-school sex educators representing states with different curricular mandates (i.e. abstinence-based; comprehensive). Findings reveal that discussions about fertility unfold in the contexts of: (a) STIs, (b) substance use, and (c) reproductive technologies. Within those contexts, participants reported that they tended to highlight fear appeals related to fertility information; that they focused on male fertility over female in discussions about substance use; and that they lacked the time and resources to communicate nuances of fertility information. In these respects, this study has important implications for the communication and implementation of sex-education campaigns designed to alleviate low fertility knowledge rates.
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