Abstinence-only sex education has been a social problem that has existed for a long time now. In 1996 there was a Welfare Reform law policy put in place. The main goal of this policy was and still is to reduce to teen pregnancy. This approach was considered to be “the healthies strategy to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease” (Solomon-Fears). Even though statists show that the birth rate among teens in the United States has dropped in 22 of the last 24 years, it still remains high in the United States (Solomon-Fears 2010). Recently there has been a new approach to sex education that “provides youth in today’s world with information and decision making skills needed to make realist decisions whether to engaged in sexual
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Moreover, In 1981 The Adolescent Family Life (AFL) was the first federal program created that focused on pregnancy among adolescents and authorized three types of programs. The first one is projects that provided care, second preventions and the third one is the combinations of both (Solomon-Fears). The “prevention” offered many interventions. However after the implementation of the “Title V Abstinence Education congress made it mandatory that the only those programs that used the abstinence-only model will have grants awarded. To add the program also gave extra funding for research dealing with multiple aspects of teenager’s sexuality, parenting and pregnancy (Solomon-Fears). To add, from 1998 to 2009 the Adolescent Family Life (AFL) program focused “heavily on using abstinence-only sex education as their primary tool” (Solomon-Fears). Many people believe that teenagers needed and still do hear the important message that sex outside of marriage is harmful to their emotional and physical health. “The appropriation for the AFL program was $16.7 million in FY2010 and $12.4 million for FY2011” (Solomon-Fears)”. However the program has not received any funding since 2011. In 2010, legislation provided a funding to a “new discretionary Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP) that provides grants and contrast” The program funds “medically accurate and age appropriate” to reduce
Moreover, In 1981 The Adolescent Family Life (AFL) was the first federal program created that focused on pregnancy among adolescents and authorized three types of programs. The first one is projects that provided care, second preventions and the third one is the combinations of both (Solomon-Fears). The “prevention” offered many interventions. However after the implementation of the “Title V Abstinence Education congress made it mandatory that the only those programs that used the abstinence-only model will have grants awarded. To add the program also gave extra funding for research dealing with multiple aspects of teenager’s sexuality, parenting and pregnancy (Solomon-Fears). To add, from 1998 to 2009 the Adolescent Family Life (AFL) program focused “heavily on using abstinence-only sex education as their primary tool” (Solomon-Fears). Many people believe that teenagers needed and still do hear the important message that sex outside of marriage is harmful to their emotional and physical health. “The appropriation for the AFL program was $16.7 million in FY2010 and $12.4 million for FY2011” (Solomon-Fears)”. However the program has not received any funding since 2011. In 2010, legislation provided a funding to a “new discretionary Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP) that provides grants and contrast” The program funds “medically accurate and age appropriate” to reduce