Urgent Action Needed!
Tell Congress to vote NO on abstinence-only funding increases.
Conservatives in Congress want to continue pumping millions of dollars into harmful abstinence-only-until-marriage programs despite the fact that these programs don't work.
As early as today, conservative Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) plans to introduce an amendment to the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations bill to increase funding for the Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program, the largest and worst abstinence-only-until-marriage program.
Please contact your Senators today and tell them to vote NO on the Brownback amendment!!!
Young people's health and lives are at risk. They need the facts!!
- The United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world.
- Young people in the U.S. are also at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.
- Abstinence-only programs are prohibited, by law, from talking about contraceptives EXCEPT to discuss their failure rates.
- A 10-year congressionally mandated study of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs proved once and for all that these programs don't work.
Young people deserve the truth. Take Action Today!!
Please contact your Senator today and tell them to oppose the Oppose the Brownback Amendment.
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