Even though the Department of Health and Human Services has announced funding for abstinence education, the amount remains woefully short of what is needed for effective training.
Valerie Huber of the National Abstinence Education Association says for the past two or three years the House has provided a budget that would offer parity between comprehensive sex ed and abstinence education funding.
"But by the time it gets to signing it into law, we lose most of that parity and we're back to a 16-1 disparity," she adds.
She thinks this 16-1 disparity problem could be solved quickly if parents would contact their elected officials.
"If policy makers would just examine for themselves what our programs teach, look at the research of how our programs help young people and then listen to parents who are also voters and their constituents, I think this problem would be solved in an instant," she tells OneNewsNow.
The grant program for abstinence education provides only $5 million dollars annually, which funds just eight programs across the nation.
Contact: Bob Kellogg (OneNewsNow.com)
