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" Abstinence education is defined in the law as 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... "
The Implementation of the Abstinence Education Provisions in the Welfare ... - Page 7
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - 1998 - 284 pages
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Silenced Voices and Extraordinary Conversations: Re-imagining Schools

Michelle Fine, Lois Weis - Education - 2003 - 216 pages
...$150,000" (p. 4). Abstinence education, for the purpose of this RFP, has the following components: (A) has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social,...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...
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Welfare Reform Reauthorization Proposals: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources - Political Science - 2003 - 420 pages
...the welfare law, which includes provisions that require any abstinence-unless-married program have as its "exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological...to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity" and that the program teach that "sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have...
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Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times

Ellen Goodman - Current Events - 2004 - 392 pages
...misinformation, and disinformation. Under federal guidelines, this money can go only to a program that has "as its exclusive purpose teaching the social,...to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity." The money is to teach, specifically, "that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way...
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Talk about Sex: The Battles Over Sex Education in the United States

Janice M. Irvine - Education - 2004 - 300 pages
...United Church Board for Homeland Ministries.1 On the other hand, abstinence-only curricula had as their "exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological,...health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity."2 Abstinence-only curricula were supported by conservative, Christian evangelical, and Catholic...
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Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences

Laura Carpenter - Social Science - 2005 - 303 pages
...education," spelled out in Title V as an educational or motivational program that (emphasis added)19 A. has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social,...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...
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Goth's Dark Empire

Carol Siegel - Social Science - 2005 - 225 pages
...included legislation allocaiing federal funding for abstinence education that, as Warner notes, focuses on "'teaching the social, psychological, and health gains...be realized by abstaining from sexual activity.'" He follows this alarming quotation from the law by observing, "There is no attempt to spell out what...
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The Origin of the World: Science and Fiction of the Vagina

Jelto Drenth - Health & Fitness - 2005 - 496 pages
...passed the Welfare Reform Act, setting aside $50 million for programmes whose 'exclusive purpose is teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity'.5 In judging the reliability of contraceptive methods, a distinction should always be drawn...
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Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality

Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin - Health & Fitness - 2007 - 914 pages
...this section, the term "abstinence education" means an educational or motivational program that: 1. has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social,...to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity; 2. teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all schoolage...
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Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality

Joel F. Handler, Yeheskel Hasenfeld - Law - 2006 - 349 pages
...abstinence education, with required matching funds. The definition of abstinence education includes "as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological,...health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity."7 There is no child care provision specifically tailored toward teen parents. As with adults,...
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How the Pro-choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex

Cristina Page - Social Science - 2006 - 268 pages
...one government document described it, the "proportion of participants who indicate understanding of the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from premarital sexual activity."46 It's no surprise to learn that a 2001 review of scientific evidence...
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