NAEA - National Abstinence Education Association

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FOR Abstinence Education!
Real Lives, Real Protection


» Click here to see photos from the rally held
November 29, 2007 at the Ohio State House Atrium.


Did you know…

  • Governor Ted Strickland has flip flopped on abstinence education and is putting our children’s health at risk.

  • He supported abstinence education as a United States congressman but as governor has vetoed the federal abstinence education funds unanimously passed in the state budget by the State Assembly.

  • By rejecting federal abstinence education support, Governor Strickland is weakening the health message offered to Ohio students in an era of epidemic sexually transmitted infections.

  • The governor has refused free federal funds for abstinence education in favor of less comprehensive programs that don’t provide the tools and instruction to help students make the choice to wait to have sex and develop healthy relationships.

  • Governor Strickland has quietly abolished the abstinence education office for Ohio and wants to replace the strong message of abstinence education with a risky curriculum developed at Ohio taxpayers expense that offers much less to Ohio teens.

  • Abstinence education provides teens with information about contraception and STDs, while emphasizing that abstaining from sex is the only way to avoid all physical and emotional risks associated with causal sex.

  • The CDC just reported an estimated 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases.

  • Our children deserve to know the truth about the risks of casual sex and how to avoid them through abstinence education.


Tell Governor Strickland by calling him at
614-466-3555 to

  • Stop weakening student sexual health education in Ohio by diverting funds away from abstinence education.

  • Accept the free federal money for abstinence education—the only proven way for young teens to stay safe and develop healthy relationships.


Contact The Ohio General Assembly at
614-466-4308 or 614-466-3357

  • Ask your Senator and State Representative to sign on to the Dear Colleague letter being circulated by Reps. Wachtmann and Batchelder that asks the Governor to accept free federal abstinence funding

  • Ask him/her to let Governor Strickland know that your district favors abstinence education

» For more ways to contact your Senator and State Representative, click here.