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Congress has spent over $1 billion in taxpayer funds on abstinence-only education since 1996 with little oversight. A report released by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) in 2004 found that the curricula used by more than two-thirds of government-funded abstinence-only programs contain misleading or inaccurate information about contraception, genetics, sexually transmitted infections, and abortions.

Virginia’s Family Life Education guidelines, which include information about contraception and safer sex practices, are not mandated. Schools are allowed to use locally developed programs or neglect the FLE guidelines altogether. In 2005, Virginia received $2,554,842 in federal grants for implementing abstinence-only programs and a 2006 survey found that 14% of local school districts' FLE programs were abstinence-only.

It's time to demand accountability, responsibility, and REAL sex ed from decision-makers at all levels of government!

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