2009年1月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

Future of abstinence-only funding is in limbo (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 08:20 PM CST

In this June 7, 2007, file photo Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y. speaks about the Prevention First Act, on the 42nd anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision that guaranteed the right to birth control, at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington. Slaughter says the 2008 elections not only put President-elect Barack Obama in the White House but also increased the ranks of senators and representatives who share her opposition to funding abstinence education.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - With the exit of the Bush administration, critics of abstinence-only sex education will be making an aggressive push to cut off federal funding for what they consider an ineffective, sometimes harmful program.


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