What do abstinence-until-marriage sexuality education programs teach exactly?
Abstinence-until-marriage programs teach that abstinence is the only morally correct option of sexual expression for teens. Abstinence-until-marriage programs are funded by the U.S. federal government and are required to teach according to what are called the A-H principles. Below are these principles, so you can see for yourself what is being taught. Section 510(b) of Title V of the Social Security Act, P.L. 104…#8220;193 For the purposes of this section, the term “abstinence education” means an educational or motivational program which: has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity; teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children; teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-ofwedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems; teaches that a mutually faithful monoga
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