School-Based HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs: Abstinence Programs
- Mississippi: Lee County Adopts Sex Education Policy (January 13, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Texas School Districts Shifting Away From Abstinence-Only Sex Education (December 9, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- More Texas Schools Teach Safe Sex With Abstinence (September 23, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Illinois: Comprehensive Sex Education Measure Advances (March 25, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mississippi: Senate Passes Amended House Sex Education Bill (March 7, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Motivational Speaker Promotes Abstinence Only; Shuns Homosexuality: A Blog Entry by Candace Y. A. Montague (March 6, 2011)
"'Our youth need to be in the know. They need to have information so they can know what to do and what not to do.' It is clear that 'being in the know' for [author and motivational speaker Tara White] means only knowing how to say 'no'."
From The Body
- Texas: Sex Education Program to Focus on Abstinence, District Says (January 21, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Kansas Education Board Argues Over HIV/AIDS Conference (December 17, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Saying Goodbye to Abstinence-Only Funding? (October 12, 2010)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Is the Abstinence-Only Program Still Worth It? A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (October 5, 2010)
From The Body
- Virginia: McDonnell Seeks Money for Abstinence-Only Education (September 3, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Abstinence Programs Gain Federal Reprieve (March 29, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Swearing Off Sex: Statistics Show Most Teen Abstinence Vows Are Abandoned (January 27, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Debate on Sex Education as Teen Pregnancies Head Back Up (January 27, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tennessee: Faith Groups Step in as Abstinence Funds Dry Up (January 25, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tennessee: Purity Ball Urges Children to Wait Until Marriage (December 21, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mississippi: Merits of Abstinence Education Debated (November 24, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Findings Inconclusive on Teaching Abstinence (November 10, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- ACLU Files Suit Over Mississippi Abstinence Summit (September 21, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- North Carolina: TV Stars Draw Teens to Abstinence Session (August 11, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Senate Fiscal Year 2010 Spending Bill Excludes Abstinence-Only Education Funding, Needle Exchange Language (July 29, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- North Carolina: Sex Education Bill Ready for Perdue to Sign (June 29, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New York: Abstinence Funding at Issue -- Falls Youth Advocate Says Federal Cuts Put Lone Program at Risk (June 16, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Group Banned From Teaching Abstinence-Only Program in Sonoma County, Calif., Public Schools (June 8, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Under New Obama Budget, Abstinence-Only Funding Would Go "Poof" (May 8, 2009)
The roughly $160 million per year that formerly went to abstinence-only programs would instead go to efforts that provide a more all-inclusive approach to sex education.
In CQ Politics
- Budget Widens Teen Pregnancy Prevention Efforts (May 8, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Illinois: All Eyes on Sex Education; As Congress Rethinks Abstinence-Only Policy, Local Schools Debate Change (April 27, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- North Carolina: Teens Offer Views on Prevalence of STDs (April 24, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- While Abstinence-Only Education Comes Under Review, U.S. States Make Do (April 22, 2009)
It's a real-world look at how sex ed works (or fails to work) in the U.S. public school system: This report examines how Illinois educators cope with abstinence requirements when they teach sex education.
In The Chicago Tribune, from aidsmap.com
- Arizona: State to Accept Abstinence-Only Education Grant (April 22, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- GMHC Calls for Defunding Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs and Increased Funding for Comprehensive Sex Education in Schools (April 9, 2009)
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Future of Abstinence-Only Funding Is in Limbo (January 21, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Abstinence-Only Programs Are Ineffective, Inaccurate and Sexist, Editorial Argues (Summer 2008)
In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- Action Alert: Demand Congress Use Wasteful Abstinence-Only Dollars for Cost-Saving Medicare Fix! (June 13, 2008)
Senate wants to fund abstinence-only at the expense of poor people with AIDS; time to call your senator and demand a swap!
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Assessing the Efficacy of Abstinence-Only Programs For HIV Prevention Among Young People (PDF) (October 2007)
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
- Groups Angry as Deval Axes Abstinence Cash (July 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Congress Extends Abstinence Funding for Three Months (July 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Bush & Friends: "The Abstinence Gluttons" (May 31, 2007)
In this in-depth editorial, Michael Reynolds accuses the U.S. federal government of bolstering faith-based organizations and their unproven abstinence-only programs, while lining the pockets of the organizations' leaders with U.S. taxpayer money.
In The Nation
- Few Americans Favor Abstinence-Only Sex Education (November 8, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Federal Abstinence Programs Must be Medically Accurate on Condoms (October 26, 2006)
In Bay Area Reporter
- Who's in Charge of Abstinence, Anyway? (March/April 2005)
The U.S. government's support for abstinence-only education has been on a growth spurt since 1982, says AIDS advocate David Salyer.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Utah: Knowledge Is Power: Sexual-Abstinence Programs Reaching More Utah Teens (June 8, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Hampshire: Benefits of Abstinence Stressed (April 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Montana: Media Campaign Encourages Abstinence (April 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Florida: Non-Profit Organization Advocates Abstinence to High School Teens (September 8, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Abstinence Ad on Nevada Radio Sparks Criticism (August 14, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Most North Carolina Schools Focus on Abstinence in Sex Education Courses (August 11, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- North Carolina County Board of Health to Recommend School Board Alter Abstinence-Only Sex Education Policy (July 24, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Georgia: Augusta, Conyers, Decatur Receive Nearly $1 Million for Teen Abstinence Grants (July 10, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- South Carolina Gets $800,000 for Abstinence Programs (July 3, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Wyoming: School Board Calls for "Abstinence Only" (May 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Santa Ana, Calif. School Board Rejects Abstinence-Only Curriculum (May 16, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Senator Specter Attends Teen Abstinence Ceremony (April 24, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Louisiana: Board Considers Abstinence Health Program (April 11, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Minnesota: Senate Panel Alters Sex-Ed Statute (March 27, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Abstinence Education Gains Record Funding (March 25, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Minnesota: Bill Would Stress Abstinence in Sex Ed (March 19, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Settlement to Keep Religion out of Louisiana's Abstinence Program (November 14, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tennessee: Grant Funds Teen Sexual Abstinence Program (August 13, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Panel Votes to Renew Abstinence-Only Funding (April 25, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Report Finds No Evidence That Abstinence-Only Counseling Prevents Teen Sex, Pregnancy, Disease (April 24, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Forbidden Words (April 9, 2002)
[Archived Article]
Excerpts from a letter by the president of Advocates for Youth on abstinence-only education.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence Appearing in More Schools (April 9, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Lambda Works With NCAC to Protest Abstinence-Only Sex Education (April 13, 2001)
[Archived Article]
From Lambda Legal
- Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education (March 2001)
[Archived Article]
A look at the controversy over abstinence-only-until-marriage education.
In Transitions
- Adolescence and Abstinence Fact Sheet (October/November 1997)
[Archived Article]
To read PDF, click here.
In SIECUS Report, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
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