Each affiliate must agree with the following focal points of the Abstinence Clearinghouse to continue this request. Please contact us if you need clarification on any of the points or if you have any concerns with your resource.
The Abstinence Clearinghouse’s Mission Statement: "To promote the appreciation for and practice of sexual purity (abstinence) until marriage through age appropriate, factual and medically-accurate materials."
My Abstinence Program:
(A)has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
(B)teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children;
(C)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;
(D)teaches that a mutually-faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity;
(E)teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects;
(F)teaches that bearing children out of wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child’s parents and society;
(G)teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances; and
(H)teaches the importance of attaining self-sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity.
Abstinence Clearinghouse
801 East 41st Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
» info@abstinence.net
888-577-2966 (orders only please) 605-335-3643
Please correspond to the DC Office through our main location in SD. Abstinence Clearinghouse DC Office
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20004
(202)204-3055
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