ACLU, Advocates for Youth, and SIECUS Say Government Funded Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Materials Violate Federal Law

Groups Call on Government to Remedy Violations and Ensure Materials Contain Medically Accurate Information about Condom Effectiveness

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union, Advocates for Youth, and Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) today sent a letter and supporting materials to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) identifying several federally funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs that include medically inaccurate information in violation of federal law.  The groups called on HHS to immediately remedy the violations or face a legal challenge from the ACLU.

Read the full press release from the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project.

Meanwhile, a New York Times editorial, The Abstinence-Only Delusion, urges that Congress "drop the abstinence-only program as a waste of money or broaden it to include safe-sex instruction," based on recent research demonstrating the failure of abstinence-only curricula to delay sexual activity among teens.