Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, November 15, 2001, Volume 4 |
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Page 3 - Each statement presented for printing to the Committee by a witness, any written statement or exhibit submitted for the printed record or any written comments in response to a request for written comments must conform to the guidelines listed below.
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Page 2 - ... (2) end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; (3) prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies; and (4) encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.
Page 103 - 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 for all school age children...
Page 103 - ... (E ) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful 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.
Page 126 - There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.
Page 103 - ... (B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for 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...
Page 103 - 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...