Congress identified the following purposes: the promotion of «self - discipline and other prudent
approaches to the problem of adolescent premarital sexual relations,» the promotion of adoption as an alternative for adolescent parents, the development of new
approaches to the delivery of care to pregnant
teenage girls, and the support of research and demonstration projects «concerning the societal causes and consequences of adolescent premarital sexual relations, contraceptive use, pregnancy, and
child rearing.»