After the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter to North Carolina school districts claiming that abstinence-only education violates the state constitution, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) countered with a letter of its own.
"It is outrageous when a group such as the ACLU attempts to discourage children from safeguarding their emotional and physical well-being by remaining chaste," said ADF Chief Counsel Benjamin Bull. "The scientific fact is that the only way for students to completely avoid the possibility of STDs and teen pregnancy is to remain abstinent until marriage."
The ACLU North Carolina’s letter, dated Feb. 2, stated that abstinence-only programs “undermine the equal opportunities for all public school students that are required by state law.”
The group also charged that the curriculum includes “medically and factually inaccurate information, gender stereotypes and inappropriate statements about abortion.”
“The ACLU’s radical mission to sexualize our children to further its own political goal has no place in the public schools,” Bull said. “Their claims that abstinence-only education is somehow unconstitutional under state law are baseless.”
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