Action Alert: No More Money for Abstinence Only Education

Tell President Obama: No More Money for Ineffective Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs; Fund Comprehensive Sex Education
As President Obama begins work on his Fiscal Year 2010 budget, your voice is urgently needed to ask him to stop funding abstinence-only-until marriage programs. This first budget is an opportunity to take an important step toward ending these harmful and ineffective programs. The federal government has allocated more than $1.3 billion for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs and it must stop. It is unacceptable that each year 176 million of taxpayer dollars are wasted on these ineffective and dangerous programs which do not represent the full picture of sexual orientation, gender identity, safe sex practices and scientific information.
In order to make responsible, healthy decisions, young people need medically accurate, age-appropriate information about sex and sexuality. For youth with LGBTQ parents and our allies, sex education must recognize all forms of relationships and that marriage is not an option or a desire for many of our families. Framing abstinence in a “until marriage” framework is heterosexist as well as ineffective for today’s society. President Obama has stated that he is in favor of medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education. Use your voice to ask him to commit to taking action.
In the next few weeks, the President will submit his first budget to Congress, and it must eliminate funding for abstinence-only programs. In addition, we are asking that President Obama include at least $50 million in his budget directed to fund comprehensive sex education.

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