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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:22 PM
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Obama’s budget eliminates funding for abstinence education programs.

Obama’s budget eliminates funding for abstinence education programs.

Keeping with a campaign pledge “not continue to fund abstinence-only programs,” President Obama’s 2010 budget — further details of which were released today — cuts funding for “Community-Based Abstinence Education” and several other abstinence-education programs (p. 491):



Indeed, abstinence programs have been shown time and again to be unsuccessful in preventing teen pregnancies, which in fact rose under President Bush. (HT: Ben Smith)
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:24 PM
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1. Good. Eliminate funding for ineffective programs. No evidence these programs work. Waste of money.
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:24 PM
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2. Nice catch. Another campaign promise kept.
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theoldman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:28 PM
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3. The New York Times had a very good article on this today.
The reader's comments are excellent, even one from a Christian mother who home schools her children.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:29 PM
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4. more evidence that the government of the US is no longer 'stuck on stupid'.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:32 PM
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5. Finally. Contraception, goddamnit.
Teaching abstinence doesn't keep kids from having sex--it keeps them from having safe sex.

It's like Mike Birbiglia said: "You put a bunch of dorky 19-year-old coeds in a dorm and you ban condoms--they're not going to say 'Well, I guess since we don't have condoms, we'll just play Pictionary!'"
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:35 PM
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6. Excellent news! It was a dumb stand-alone program to begin with. n/t
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:52 PM
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7. The very description of wasteful spending
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Abq_Sarah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 06:01 PM
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9. One down
A few billion more to go.

Hey, at least it's a start.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 05:54 PM
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8. Good news.
K & R :thumbsup:
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 06:08 PM
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10. Great news! n/t
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islandgirl808 Donating Member (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 06:10 PM
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11. finally
eliminate waste!
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Optical.Catalyst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 06:38 PM
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12. Cutting down on the waste. Every little bit helps
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 07:35 PM
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13. I was about to post this
Edited on Thu May-07-09 07:36 PM by underpants
rec'd
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 07:58 PM
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14. It "rose" under bush and I
wonder how bristol will fare with her.."do as I say not as I do" program?
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 09:39 PM
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15. And who can blame them after Bristol Palen finally clued us all in that it doesn't work. NT
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 09:41 PM
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16. Abstinence has never truly existed. Humans explore sex in some way starting at an early age.
Birth control and STD prevention are the key problems we need to focus on.
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