Action Alerts
» June 30, 2009: Two Significant Action Alerts
» May 18, 2009: Your Help is Urgently Needed to Preserve Abstinence Education!
» May 11, 2009: Obama Cuts Abstinence Education from 2010 Budget
» Senators urge Sen. Specter to take lead on preserving CBAE funding. (PDF, 653KB)
» Nearly 50 House Members send letter to Appropriations Chair, David Obey in support of CBAE abstinence education. (PDF, 200KB)
» November 28, 2008: Hundreds of organizations sign letter asking President-elect Obama to continue abstinence education for youth.
» June 5, 2008: Read the Pitts-Boren Dear Colleague letter in support of Title V Funding for Abstinence Education.
» May 20, 2008: Read the letter asking Presidential Candidate John McCain to support abstinence education
» May 8, 2008: Read the letter in support of continued CBAE Funding to be sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
» March 5, 2008: Read the Terry-McIntyre Dear Colleague letter in support of Community Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) funding.
» Voice Your Choice: Advocacy Guide for Abstinence Education
(Acrobat PDF, 980KB)
Background
» June 17, 2009: Letter to President Obama, with signatures (PDF, 40KB)
» June 17, 2009: Letter to Rep. David Obey, with signatures (PDF, 40KB)
» June 17, 2009: Letter to Reps. Boehner, Cantor, Pence and Tiahrt (PDF, 40KB)
» December 1, 2008: Special interest groups are hoping to “cash in” on their liberal agenda in the new administration but Barack Obama promised to move beyond the “same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long”. This letter was sent to the president-elect and recently nominated HHS Secretary-elect, Tom Daschle, to encourage a reasoned look at the valuable abstinence education approach.
» September 2008: Title V federal announcement
» October 2, 2007: HHS Instructions for Title V Funding Extension Awards (PDF, ~65k)
» September 19, 2007: NAEA urges Governors to Accept Title V Funding
» July 30, 2007: Members of four key Congressional Committees responsible for abstinence education funding listed by state. (PDF, ~135kb)
» July 3, 2007: Who’s In Bed with the Sex-Ed Lobby? by Valerie Huber, NAEA Executive Director
» June 21, 2007: Letter from Congressman Lee Terry requesting support for Title V funding (and the congressmen who signed it) (PDF, ~1.4mb)
» June 21, 2007: Letter from Senator Vitter requesting support for Title V funding (PDF, ~100kb)
» June 18, 2007: Abstinence Education: Setting the Record Straight (PDF, ~70kb)
» June 8, 2007: The Mathematica Study in Context (PDF, ~65k)
» May 8, 2007: Read the letter sent to President Bush urging continued support for abstinence education.
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