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{{short description|Non-profit national advocacy group dedicated to promoting sex education}} {{Infobox organization | image = | caption = | map = | predecessor = | formation = {{start date and age|1964|07|01}} | founder = [[Mary Calderone]] | extinction = | type = | status = | purpose = [[Sex education]] | headquarters = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] | leader_title = President | leader_name = | key_people = Christine Soyong Harley<br>([[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[chief executive officer|CEO]]) | remarks = | name = SIECUS | image_border = | size = <!-- only needed for images under 220px, and don't use px, just use a number --> | msize = | mcaption = | abbreviation = | region_served = United States | membership = | website = {{URL|siecus.org}} }} The '''Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States''', or simply '''SIECUS''', is a national, [[nonprofit organization]] based in [[Washington, D.C.]], dedicated to advancing sex education through advocacy, policy, and coalition building. SIECUS develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes [[comprehensive sex education|comprehensive education about sexuality]], and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsvrc.org/organizations/103 |title=Sexual Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) |accessdate=15 July 2013}}</ref> It is widely regarded as the institutional voice of these concerns and a pioneer of the [[comprehensive sex education]] program.<ref>{{cite book |title=Talk about sex: the battles over sex education in the United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4CE9fp8j-EC |last=Irvine |first=Janice M. |publisher=University of California Press |year=2002|isbn = 9780520235038}}</ref>
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