In the past 10 years, Congress has wasted more than $1 billion on dangerous abstinence-only programs that deny teenagers vital information about birth control and responsible decision-making.

The Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act will provide funds for medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education in schools.  It has been introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, but it needs your support! 

Urge your member of Congress to stop wasting money on abstinence-only programs and to support REAL sex education instead.

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

I urge you to stop wasting valuable taxpayer dollars on dangerous abstinence-only programs that deny teenagers life-saving information about prevention and birth control. Teenagers desperately need accurate and complete information about sex and sexually transmitted infections, not the politically motivated half-truths handed out in schools under the guise of abstinence-only programs.

Abstinence-only programs are unrealistic and actually harmful to teenagers. If we don't provide young people with the information they need, they will not know how to adequately protect themselves if and when they do become sexually active. It clearly isn't enough to tell teens to just say no to sex. Each year approximately 750,000 teens become pregnant - the U.S. has the highest teen pregnancy rate among the most developed countries - and nearly four million teens will get a sexually transmitted infection.

We know that the majority of parents support responsible, comprehensive sex education. Providing teens with truthful, complete information is critical, and it's what the Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act is all about. Comprehensive sex education programs stress abstinence but also provide full information to protect teens from unintended pregnancies and HIV/AIDS.

I call on you to oppose more funding for abstinence-only programs and instead put your support behind the REAL Act, which will provide teens with the responsible information they need.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
June 06, 2007