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Will Obama end funding for abstinence-only education in 2009?
Background: On the campaign trail earlier this year, Obama spoke out against abstinence-only education. Instead, he advocated comprehensive sex-education:
"What I have consistently talked about is to take a comprehensive approach where we focus on abstinence," he said. "I do believe that contraception has to be part of that education process."
Now Obama has been elected President, will he end funding for abstinence only education?
"What I have consistently talked about is to take a comprehensive approach where we focus on abstinence," he said. "I do believe that contraception has to be part of that education process."
Now Obama has been elected President, will he end funding for abstinence only education?
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s $17 billion in budget cuts couldn't be more timely. He's eliminating federal funding for abstinence-only education. This Bush-era, religiously driven, completely ineffective form of sex education told teenagers only to abstain from sex until marriage.
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