Napolitano Rejects Abstinence Funding

Earlier this year Governor Napolitano rejected federal money to fund a curriculum for educating youth and eliminated youth about STD's and teen pregnancy.

This decision goes against the positive results that have come from this program. The AZ teen pregnancy rate dropped about 23% after the first 5 years of this program. Then in 2005, the pregnancy rate dropped 31%. With such staggering results, why is the governor rejecting money to educate and support this program? The only sure way to prevent STD's and pregnancy is to abstain from premarital sex.

You can contact the governor and voice your support for this program.

1. Abstinence education is the healthiest choice for both physical and emotional health.
2. Numerous studies verify that abstinence education is working
3. Parents and teens want a strong abstinence message for youth
4. Abstinence education deserves continued funding
5. Communities should have a choice. The content of sex education should be a matter of community choice (local control), so it's important that a separate funding source (Title V) be maintained for those communities that want their youth to receive abstinence education.
(courtesy UFI)

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