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Sexuality and Family Rights Program

The Sexuality and Family Rights program works to promote women's autonomy, protect women's sexual and reproductive rights, and expose the government's funding and promotion of policies that limit these rights.

Report: Sex, Lies, & Stereotypes: How Abstinence-Only Programs Harm Women and Girls
Legal Momentum's new, groundbreaking report exposes the truth behind harmful, ineffective abstinence-only programs. (Published February 2008) 
Silencing Sex Ed is our national road show campaign to end abstinence-only policies.
Learn More About the Road Shows.

Abstinence-Only Programs:  Harmful to Women and Girls
The federal government has spent over $1 billion on abstinence-only programs that rely on a dangerous cocktail of gender stereotypes, scare tactics, homophobia, shame and misinformation. 
Read About The Recent Congressional Hearing or Legal Momentum's Congressional Testimony.
Legal Momentum applauds the 17 states that have rejected Title V funds.

Fight for Same-Sex Marriage
Opponents of same-sex marriage invoke ultra-traditional gender roles that stigmatize women to justify denying same-sex couples the right to marry.

Marriage Promotion: At What Cost?
Pushing marriage as a quick fix for single mothers living in poverty is not only ineffective, but also dangerous for women and their children.

 CPCs: Fake Abortion Clinics Deceive Women
"Crisis Pregnancy Centers" (CPCs) have always been a powerful weapon in the arsenal of the anti-abortion movement. Now these fake abortion clinics are waging a federally-funded war against contraception and comprehensive sexual education.

Right Wing Groups Target Women
Find out more about the powerful, extreme right-wing groups with close ties to the Bush administration that are waging a covert war against women.