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| nickname = Chastity Act,<ref name=Benshoof1988>{{cite journal |first=Janet |last=Benshoof |date=June 1988 |title=The Chastity Act: Government Manipulation of Abortion Information and the First Amendment |journal=Harvard Law Review |volume=101 |issue=8 |pages=1916-1937 |jstor=1341442 |doi=10.2307/1341442 |pmid=10288540 }}</ref> Chastity Bill<ref name=Dryfoos1985>{{cite journal |last=Dryfoos |first=Joy G. |date=January 1985 |title=A time for new thinking about teenage pregnancy |journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=13-14 |pmid=3966593 |pmc=1646136 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.75.1.13 |url=http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.75.1.13 |format=PDF }}</ref> |
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The '''Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA)''' is a [[Law of the United States|United States federal law]] enacted in 1981 during the [[Reagan Administration]].<ref name=Walker1989>{{cite journal|last=Walker|first= |
The '''Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA)''' is a [[Law of the United States|United States federal law]] enacted in 1981 during the [[Reagan Administration]].<ref name=Walker1989>{{cite journal|last=Walker|first=Thomas Gray|title=Constitutional Law - The Constitutionality of the Adolescent Family Life Act: An Analysis of Bowen v. Kendrick and Its Impact on Current Establishment Clause Jurisprudence|journal=Campbell Law Review |pages=243-262 |date=Spring 1989|volume=11|issue=2|url=http://scholarship.law.campbell.edu/clr/vol11/iss2/4/}}</ref> AFLA provided funding for a series of social programs aimed at promoting [[Sexual abstinence|abstinence]] through [[reproductive health]] education.<ref name=Walker1989 /> |
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| Acronyms (colloquial) | AFLA |
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| Nicknames | Chastity Act,[1] Chastity Bill[2] |
| Enacted by | the 97th United States Congress |
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| Acts amended | Public Health Service Act |
| Titles amended | 42 |
| U.S.C. sections created | 42 U.S.C. § 300z |
| U.S.C. sections amended | 42 U.S.C. § 300 |
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| Bowen v. Kendrick | |
The Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA) is a United States federal law enacted in 1981 during the Reagan Administration.[3] AFLA provided funding for a series of social programs aimed at promoting abstinence through reproductive health education.[3]
Background
The original bill, S. 1090, was proposed by Jeremiah Denton (R-AL) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) as an amendment to the Public Health Service Act of 1970.[4][5][page needed] On 4 November 1981, Senate voted to indefinitely postpone S. 1090.[4] However, its provisions to amend the Public Health Service Act, repeal parts of the Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978, and provide grants for the Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects were incorporated into H.R. 3982.[6]
Controversy
The bill carried strong religious undertones, particularly with the strategic funding of Catholic organizations.[7] Consequently, questions were raised with regards to the constitutionality of the law.[3] The case was later brought before the Supreme Court in 1988 in Bowen v. Kendrick.
References
- ^ Benshoof, Janet (June 1988). "The Chastity Act: Government Manipulation of Abortion Information and the First Amendment". Harvard Law Review. 101 (8): 1916–1937. doi:10.2307/1341442. JSTOR 1341442. PMID 10288540.
- ^ Dryfoos, Joy G. (January 1985). "A time for new thinking about teenage pregnancy" (PDF). American Journal of Public Health. 75 (1): 13–14. doi:10.2105/AJPH.75.1.13. PMC 1646136. PMID 3966593.
- ^ a b c Walker, Thomas Gray (Spring 1989). "Constitutional Law - The Constitutionality of the Adolescent Family Life Act: An Analysis of Bowen v. Kendrick and Its Impact on Current Establishment Clause Jurisprudence". Campbell Law Review. 11 (2): 243–262.
- ^ a b "S.1090 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to support services and research relating to adolescent pregnancy and parenthood". Congress.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Schultz, JD (1999). Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group.
- ^ "H.R.3982 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981". Congress.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Donovan, P (1984). "The Adolescent Family Life Act and the promotion of religious doctrine". Family Planning Perspectives. 16 (5): 222–228. doi:10.2307/2135070.
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