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“ ‘Just Say No’ didn’t work for drugs, and it won’t work for sex!” Through the Abstinence Initiative, abstinence only programs are given millions of dollars a year… even though they have not been effective in delaying sexual intercourse, stated by advocatesforyouth.org. 16 sex education programs have been proven to reduce teen pregnancies and STDs, according to Science and Success: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections. The most common behavior change was a delay in the initiation of sex among teens, an outcome shared by 11 programs. Despite their proven effectiveness, none of these informative sex education programs are eligible for funding through the federal government's multi-year, multi-million dollar abstinence initiative because, even though they encourage abstinence, these programs include information about condoms and contraception. We are here to change this. By the time teenagers graduate from high s