President Barack Obama wants to eliminate abstinence education, but pour an additional $150 million into "comprehensive," condom-based sex education.
His 2010 proposed budget kills funding for Community Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) and the Title V Abstinence Education Program, the two main abstinence-education programs.
Congress is not obligated to implement the president's recommendation.
Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association, said recently: "At a time when teens are subjected to an increasingly sexualized culture, it is essential that common-sense legislators from both sides of the aisle reject this extreme attempt to defund the only approach that removes all risk.
"Members of Congress would be well-advised to listen to youth and parents in their districts who overwhelmingly support these valuable programs."
Contact: Jennifer Mesko
Source: Citizenlink
Publish Date: May 19, 2009
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