California, Pennsylvania and Maine! Did you know that yours are the only three states in the Nation whose Public Health Department no longer applies for and accepts federal abstinence-only-until-marriage funding through Title V of the Social Security Act. In FY 2004, Maine received almost $175,000 through the federal Title V program to teach abstinence-only-until-marriage. As of September 20, 2005, (see recent news) Maine now joins California and Pennsylvania in their wise decisions to reject these restrictive dollars.

Teen Birth Rates by State

Visit The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: www.statehealthfacts.kff.org

State Education Curriculum Requirements

Visit these websites for more information about what is going on in your state!

Kaiser Family Foundation, State Requirements Education Curriculum as of January 2005.
Available at: www.statehealthfacts.kff.org

Alan Guttmacher Institute, Sex and STD/HIV Education, June 2006.
Available at: http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_SE.pdf

Alan Guttmacher Institute, State Policies in Brief, May 2006
Available at: www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/index.html

In Alphabetical Order:

State: Notes
Alabama: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Alaska: No state specific content requirements
Arizona: If taught voluntarily, must stress abstinence
Arkansas: If taught voluntarily, must stress abstinence
California: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Colorado: If taught voluntarily, there are no state specific content requirements
Connecticut: No state specific content requirements
Delaware: Must cover abstinence and contraception
District of Columbia: No state specific content requirements

Florida: No state specific content requirements
Georgia: Must cover abstinence
Hawaii: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Idaho: If taught voluntarily, there are no state specific content requirements
Illinois: Must cover abstinence
Indiana: Must stress abstinence
Iowa: No state-specific content requirements
Kansas: No state-specific content requirements
Kentucky: Must cover abstinence
Louisiana: If taught voluntarily, must stress abstinence
Maine: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Maryland: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Massachusetts: If taught voluntarily, there are no state specific content requirements
Michigan: Must cover abstinence
Minnesota: Must cover abstinence
Mississippi: If taught voluntarily, must stress abstinence
Missouri: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Montana: If taught voluntarily, there are no state specific content requirements
Nebraska: If taught voluntarily, there are no state specific content requirements
Nevada: No state-specific content requirements
New Hampshire: No state-specific content requirements
New Jersey: Must stress abstinence
New Mexico: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
New York: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
North Carolina: Must stress abstinence
North Dakota: No state-specific content requirements
Ohio: Must stress abstinence
Oklahoma: Must cover abstinence and contraception
Oregon: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Pennsylvania: Must stress abstinence
Rhode Island: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
South Carolina: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
South Dakota: If taught voluntarily, there are no state specific content requirements
Tennessee: Must stress abstinence
Texas: If taught voluntarily, must stress abstinence
Utah: Must stress abstinence
Vermont: Must cover abstinence and contraception
Virginia: If taught voluntarily, must cover abstinence and contraception
Washington: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
West Virginia: Must stress abstinence and cover contraception
Wisconsin: No state-specific content requirements
Wyoming: No state-specific content requirements

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