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Articles on the Louisiana program and the ACLU suit include:

Abstinence fund aided religion, official says—The Dallas Morning News (June 19, 2002)

Abstinence program chief testifies in ACLU suit—The Times-Picayune (June 19, 2002)

Louisiana Abstinence Program Aim of ACLU Lawsuit—CNS News (May 22, 2002)

ACLU Sues Louisiana Over Abstinence Ed—The Washington Post (May 16, 2002)

ACLU Sues La. over abstinence teaching—The Washington Post (May 9, 2002)

Abstinence program may be headed to area—The Shreveport Times (April 8, 2002)

In February, George Bush announced his welfare renewal plan, which increased the funding of abstinence-only sex education programs from $50 to $135 million annually.

Bush presses for $135 million to encourage abstinence only — Los Angeles Times (March 4, 2002)

Abstinence-Only Initiative Advancing—The New York Times (Feb. 28, 2002)

Related articles on abstinence programs include:

Teen abstinence programs catch on—The State (May 8, 2002)

Virginity Pledges by Teenagers Can Be Highly Effective, Federal Study Finds—The New York Times (Jan. 4, 2001)

Previous Christianity Today articles on abstinence include:

Bush Puts $135 Million Behind Abstinence from Sex"When our children face a choice between self-restraint and self-destruction, government should not be neutral." (March 13, 2002)

School Permits Abstinence Choice (April 5, 1999)

Where True Love Waits |How one woman dramatically changed the teen pregnancy rate in Rhea County, Tennessee. (March 1, 1999)

Christianity Today's sister publication Campus Life has an archive of stories for teens on sex and abstinence.

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July 8 2002, Vol. 46, No. 8