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Multiple studies have shown shifts in the landscape surrounding LGBTQ topics, and recent studies show younger generations increasingly identify as something other than “straight” and many feel labels are becoming obsolete.

Only 24 states and D.C. require that public schools teach any sex education and only 20 states require that “if provided, sex and/or HIV education must be medically, factually or technically accurate.”

Unicef’s research shows that the global maternal mortality rate, the rate of deaths resulting from complications from pregnancy or childbirth, has declined by 44% between 1990 and 2015, and yet the maternal mortality rate in the United States has increased.