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 How can I start an abstinence club at my school?
 The Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence has developed a model that any school anywhere may use. View the GPA Club Model
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Do you have an abstinence curriculum available for anyone to use?
Yes. A seventh grade abstinence curriculum is available.
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What does abstinence mean?
Abstinence means refraining from sexual activity, including those intimate sexual behaviors which have traditionally preceded intercourse. The true abstinence message today is best understood in the cultural context of the marriage relationship: abstinence until marriage, faithfulness within marriage.
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What guidelines must abstinence educators follow in order to be considered for funding
under Title V legislation?
The Title V program requires the states to fund education that
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- Has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
- Teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children;
- Teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems;
- Teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity;
- Teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects;
- Teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents and society;
- Teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances; and
- Teaches the importance of attaining self-suff~ciency before engaging in sexual activity.
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Why are more young people today choosing to save sexual intimacy for marriage?
Young people, like everyone else, want to stay healthy and reasonably happy. They also want the freedom to choose their own futures and not to pay a hard price later for a thoughtless decision now. The media reports regularly on the twenty-five or so sexually-transmitted diseases.Everyone's heard of AIDS. Even the condom packages don't claim to offer foolproof protection. It's just plain smart to wait for the one who's waited for you. Healthy bodies--healthy children--trust and commitment for a lifetime. It just makes sense.
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OK, but it's a long time until I get married. Wouldn't it be better to use a condom for now and be safe? Isn't a condom better than nothing?
Well thank goodness those aren't our only two choices: a condom or nothing. It's not like you'll die if you don't have sex for awhile. Besides you can catch every STD in the book while wearing a condom, and that doesn't exactly guarantee your peace of mind. Speaking of your mind--and your heart--there isn't a condom made that will protect those, not even a little bit. People are just too complicated to separate their bodies and their personalities. The physical and emotional keep getting all mixed up. Just ask somebody whose one night stand never called back. Or, on the other hand, ask a couple who have saved their physical intimacy for their honeymoon. It's the perfect expression of the love they already share and only the beginning of the bond they'll be building for the rest of their lives together.
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CURRICULUM CLIP
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Do not try to imitate the intimacy of marriage in dating. Sexual activity is never a shortcut to a good relationship. On the contrary, it prevents the relationship from growing and developing normally.
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