1. We believe that parents are the primary sexuality educators of their children.
2. We believe that schools, faith communities, and organizations that serve youth play an important supporting role in teaching youth about sexuality.
3. We believe that adolescents need medically accurate information to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
4. We acknowledge that abstinence is the only 100% effective method for prevention.
5. We believe that adolescent pregnancy and parenting poses long-term challenges for adolescents, their children, families and the community.
6. We believe youth can make responsible decisions about their sexuality. We further believe that adolescents need complete, accurate, culturally relevant, age, gender, and developmentally appropriate information to make responsible choices.
7. We believe that effective adolescent pregnancy prevention programs use research-based strategies.
8. We believe that it is important to identify and evaluate innovative programs and strategies.
9. We believe that male and female partners are equally responsible for preventing pregnancy, as well as supporting, nurturing and parenting their children.
10. We believe that individuals and organizations in the adolescent pregnancy prevention field must have access to the most current information on research and best practices, as well as professional growth opportunities.
11. We believe that it is essential for families, youth, schools, faith communities, community organizations, and government agencies to collaborate to effectively address the issues of adolescent pregnancy prevention.
