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Congratulations! After weeks of work — including thousands of emails and more than 100 in-person meetings on Capitol Hill by youth activists from around the country — Senator Frank Lautenberg and Representative Barbara Lee have officially introduced a bill that would repeal Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage program funding.
Now that this bill has been introduced, we need your help to convince your legislators to sign on as cosponsors!
Click here to ask your representatives to cosponsor the Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2010 (HR 6283/S3878) and end funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Take action today!
Young people have a right to all the information they need to stay healthy and make responsible decisions. Abstinence-only-until-marriage programs have failed America's youth and have cost taxpayers more than $1.5 billion dollars.
We were all outraged when Health Care Reform reintroduced $50 million in funding for these failed abstinence-only programs — but this new bill would end Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage program funding once and for all.
Click here to contact Congress. End funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs now!
Together, we can end funding for these programs once and for all.
Thank you for all of your hard work — and let's keep the momentum going!
James Wagoner
President
Advocates for Youth
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