Idaho § 33-1609 - Definitions
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 33-1609 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-1609. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Abstinence" means the absence of any sexual activity prior to marriage, which activity includes physical contact between individuals involving intimate or private areas of the body that can potentially:
(a) Result in pregnancy;
(b) Transmit sexually transmitted diseases and infections; or
(c) Present emotional risks.
(2) "Human sexuality" means sexual conduct, sexual pleasure, sexual intimacy, sexual abuse, sexual violence, eroticism, pornography, deviant sexual behavior, sexual attraction, sexual orientation, or any form of sexual identity, gender identity, gender ideology, or gender conversion.
(3) "Sex education" means the study of the anatomy and the physiology of human reproduction.
[33-1609, added 1970, ch. 119, sec. 2, p. 282; am. 2023, ch. 190, sec. 1, p. 521; am. 2025, ch. 234, sec. 1, p. 1068.]
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