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Is Abstinence from Sexual Activity Outside of Marriage the Expected Standard for School Age Children?

In 1996 Congress passed the Title V abstinence education program law.  This program (theoretically; in DC the funds were not actually used for abstinence education, for example) allotted funds to states that requested them for abstinence programs that had to follow these guidelines: 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...