From The Associated Press, 5/17/07:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/abstinence_funding
Funding for abstinence likely to drop
By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON -
Federal funding for abstinence education will likely fall considerably
this year as Democratic leaders said Wednesday they will let a $50
million grant program expire on June 30.
The program, known as Title V, has not proven to be effective, said
Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee. Dingell's committee has jurisdiction over Title V funding.
With a budget deficit and a war, he said the decision to eliminate
funding was not a difficult one.
"Abstinence-only seems to be a colossal failure," Dingell said.
To back that viewpoint, he cited a recent report to Congress that
showed students in four abstinence-until-marriage programs were just
as likely to have sex as those who were not in the abstinence
programs.
They also had sex at about the same age as students who did not take
part in the four programs — 14.9 years, according to Mathematica
Policy Research Inc.
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The foolish so-called abstinence-only program was a scam from the
getgo.
Harry
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