Take Action: Tell Congress To Oppose Funding For Abstinence-Only Education!

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Congress will soon introduce an appropriations bill that funds the federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2012. Unfortunately, this bill contains a $5 million earmark that would revive funding for obsolete abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.

This earmark contradicts the budget cutting message Congress constantly pushes on the American people. It is upsetting that politicians would decide to once again to waste taxpayers’ money by funding the now-defunct Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) grant program that decades of research has shown to have no effect on teen behavior.

The removal of abstinence-only funding and the focus on comprehensive sexual education programs has greatly improved sexual health among American teens and has prepared them for a lifetime of responsible decision making. A reversion back to ineffective sexual education programs such as the abstinence-only program endangers our youth and hinders our nation’s ability to promote a responsible and comprehensive sexual education program.