Adolescent Family Life Act

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleA bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 301 of the First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for the Fiscal Year 1982
Acronyms (colloquial)AFLA
NicknamesAdolescent Family Life Act, Chastity Act,[1] Chastity Bill[2]
Enacted bythe 97th United States Congress
Citations
Public lawPub. L.Tooltip Act of Congress#Public law, private law, designation 97–35
Codification
Acts amendedPublic Health Service Act
Titles amended42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created42 U.S.C. § 300z
U.S.C. sections amended42 U.S.C. § 300
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 3982 by James R. Jones (D-OK-1) on 19 June 1981
  • Committee consideration by Budget
  • Passed the House on 26 June 1981 (232–193)
  • Passed the Senate on 13 July 1981 (Voice)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on 29 July 1981; agreed to by the House on 31 July 1981 (Unanimous Consent) and by the Senate on 31 July 1981 (80-14)
  • Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on 13 August 1981
United States Supreme Court cases
Bowen v. Kendrick

The Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA) is a United States federal law enacted during the Reagan Administration as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.[3][4] AFLA provided funding for a series of social programs aimed at promoting abstinence through reproductive health education.[3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Dryfoos, Joy G. (January 1985). "A time for new thinking about teenage pregnancy". American Journal of Public Health. 75 (1): 13–14. doi:10.2105/AJPH.75.1.13. PMC 1646136. PMID 3966593.
  3. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Saul1998 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).