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FIND OUT THE FACTS

Familiarize yourself with the actual sex education curriculum so you can be knowledgeable about the inaccuracies promoted by abstinence only.  You can go to the Advocates for Youth website to see what the sex education policy and legislation is in your state.

GET REAL:

In 2005, $167 million was earmarked for abstinence-only education, up from $80 million in 2001. President George W. Bush's proposed 2006 budget includes $206 million for such programs. This is the only portion of the federal budget targeted towards sex education in public schools, meaning that to qualify for this supplemental money, schools must adopt a sex education program that meets the federal standards for abstinence education. Schools that choose comprehensive or abstinence-plus curricula must fund the programs out of their general budget, provided by local and state governments.

Learn more about the REAL Act (Responsible Education About Life Act), which will provide funding to states for medically accurate, age appropriate, comprehensive sex education in the schools.

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