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WHEREAS, the fallout
from the Sexual Revolution has left our nation a legacy of
STD’s of epidemic proportion, booming rates of
out-of-wedlock teen pregnancy, the social consequences of
millions of single parent families as well as a tremendous
financial burden for taxpayers, and
WHEREAS, abstinence from
sexual relations until marriage is the only 100% effective
method to prevent these consequences, and
WHEREAS, Abstinence
Education programs for young people have been proven to be
effective in changing attitudes regarding sexual relations
before marriage, and
WHEREAS, Abstinence
Education programs for the young have, in fact, been
credited by the public health officials with improving the
rates of out-of-wedlock pregnancy among teenagers, therefore
be it:
RESOLVED, that the ACPM go
on record as approving those Abstinence Education Programs
for young people which incorporate the 8 criteria for
federal-to-state funding for Abstinence Education programs
as astated in Section 510 (b) (2) of the Welfare Reform Act
of 1996 which amends Title V of the Social Security Act (see
attached).
Section 912—Abstinence
Education—of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 amends Title V
of the Social Security Act including:
"SEPARATE PROGRAM FOR
ABSTINENCE EDUCATION
"Sec. 510. (b)(1) The
purpose of an allotment under subsection (a) to a State is
to enable the State to provide abstinence education, and at
the option of the State, where appropriate, mentoring,
counseling, and adult supervision to promote abstinence from
sexual activity, with a focus on those groups which are most
likely to bear children out-of-wedlock.
"(2) For purposes of
this section, the term ‘abstinence education’ means an
educational or motivational program which—
"(A) has as its exclusive
purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health
gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
"(B) teaches abstinence
from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected
standard of all school age children;
"(C) teaches that
abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way
to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted
diseases, and other associated health problems;
"(D) teaches that a mutually
faithful monogamous relationship in context of marriage is
the expected standard of human sexual activity;
"(E) teaches that
sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely
to have psychological and physical effects;
"(F) teaches that
bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful
consequences for the child, the child’s parents, and
society;
"(G) teaches young
people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and
drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances; and
"(H) teaches the importance
of attaining self-sufficiency before engaging in sexual
activity."
(emphasis
added)
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