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ACLU Troubled by Court's Refusal to Hold Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence in Contempt for Continuing to Preach with Taxpayer Dollars (06/24/2005)
NEW ORLEANS -- The American Civil Liberties Union was disconcerted by a Louisiana court's refusal late yesterday to hold the Governor's Program on Abstinence in contempt of a 2002 order requiring the state to keep religion out of the taxpayer-funded program.

In Light of ACLU Lawsuit Charging the Federal Government with Funding Religious Activities, the Silver Ring Thing Removes Religious Content from Website (05/19/2005)
NEW YORK -- In response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Jenner & Block LLP against the federal government for funding religious activities in an abstinence-only program, the Silver Ring Thing today substantially altered and removed religious content from its website.

ACLU Says Abstinence-Only Education Endangers Adolescent Health, Urges Congress to Make Available Other Valuable Information (04/23/2002)
WASHINGTON - While acknowledging that discussions about abstinence can be valuable in any sexuality education program, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged Congress to oppose federal funding for programs that focus exclusively on teaching abstinence and which censor other valuable and often life-saving information for teens. 

ACLU Urges Defeat of Teen Endangerment Act; Says Anti-Abortion Measure Puts Vulnerable Lives at Serious Risk (02/07/2002)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the defeat of a controversial piece of legislation, dubbed the "Teen Endangerment Act," that would put the lives of vulnerable young women at risk and threatens to turn caring adults into criminals. 

Survey Finds Parents Favor Sex Education (10/03/2000)
WASHINGTON, DC -- A recent survey suggests that the overwhelming majority of parents want schools to provide more sex education to their teenagers, the New York Times reported.

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (05/16/2005)
Defendants have provided more than one million dollars of public funds to an organization called the "Silver Ring Thing" (or "SRT"). The Silver Ring Thing is a ministry that uses abstinence education as a means to bring "unchurched" students to Jesus Christ. Federal dollars support the Silver Ring Thing's religious activities and religious content. Both because the federal funding of the Silver Ring Thing constitutes a direct government grant to a pervasively sectarian institution and because the federal dollars are demonstrably underwriting religious activities and religious content, the funding violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Letter Addressing Settlement Violations in ACLU of Louisiana v. Foster (11/15/2004)

ACLU of Louisiana v. Governor Foster -- Settlement Agreement (11/13/2002)

ACLU of Louisiana v. Foster (05/09/2002)

Coalition Letter to House and Senate Leaders Urging Review of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs (01/28/2005)
Coalition letter urging Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate to support a hearing to fully review federally funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs

Coalition Sign-on Letter to the House Labor-HHS Subcomittee Urging Opposition to Any New Funding for Abstinence-Only-Until-Married Programs (07/07/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter Asking Members of Congress to Oppose New Funding through Appropriations Committee for Abstinence-Unless-Married Programs in FY 2005 (03/17/2004)

Coalition Letter to Congress Urging Members to Express to Appropriations Committee Opposition to New Funding for Abstinence-Unless-Married Programs in FY 2005 (03/03/2004)

Sign-on Letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Urging Opposition to New Funding for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs (06/18/2003)

Campaigns to Undermine Sexuality Education in the Public Schools (04/01/1998)
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