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Over $1.5 billion has been wasted on abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs. In his 2009 Fiscal Year budget request, President Bush has asked for an additional $141 million in abstinence-only education. Not only have these programs proven ineffective, but often times by disseminating medically inaccurate information our nation's young people are harmed. Did you know one in four young women in the U.S. has a sexually transmitted disease today. Its time for REAL sex education in our schools.  Congressional reports found no evidence that abstinence-only programs increased rates of sexual abstinence.

Congress needs to stop wasting federal dollars on ineffective programs and start funding programs that actually work! Tell your members of Congress that enough is enough! Write your member asking them to stop funding abstinence-only education and to start funding comprehensive sex education!

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