Today, at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona’s (PPAA) annual Roe v. Wade event, Governor Napolitano announced that Arizona will no longer accept federal Title V, Abstinence Only funding!!  At the event, the governor called for more accurate health information and stated she does not believe Arizona should spend money on “an educational system that doesn’t educate.”

Napolitano added she will send a letter next week to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announcing her intention to reject the federal, Title V abstinence-only funds, affirmatively refusing any money that will not fund “real, complete sex education in our schools.”

With this announcement, Arizona becomes the 16th state to turn down federal dollars that support abstinence-only programs.

The decision to cut the abstinence-only funds in Arizona comes on the heels of similar efforts by 15 other Governors from across the country, including New Mexico, Washington, Ohio and Wisconsin, who have recently rejected federal, Title V abstinence-only funding.

Governor Napolitano Calls for More Effective Health Education in Schools

Arizona Joins 15 Other States in Rejecting Ineffective Education Programs

 Phoenix, Ariz. — Today, at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona’s (PPAA) annual Roe v. Wade event, Governor Napolitano called for more accurate health information in our schools and said she opposed federal educational funding that is limited to abstinence-only.  

“I believe in abstinence, I think that’s a good thing, but it cannot be the only thing. And I don’t believe that the state of