TL Start Date
Monday, January 1, 1996
TL End Date
Monday, January 1, 1996
TL Display Date
1996
TL Media Link
https://www.aasect.org/sites/default/files/89.%20Abstinence%20Only.jpeg
TL Text
In 1996, Congress attached a provision to welfare legislation that established a federal program to exclusively fund abstinence-only programs (NCAC, 2001). Since the inception of the abstinence-only movement, more than $1.5 billion has been spent on programs whose only purpose is to teach the social, psychological, and health benefits that might be gained by abstaining from sexual activity.