How Does The Federal Government Define Abstinence Education?
Federal funding for abstinence education is tied to compliance with the definition included in the 1996 welfare reform law. • (A) has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity; • (B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school age children; • (C) teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems; • (D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity; • (E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects; • (F) teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child’s parents, and society; • (G) teaches young people how t
