Here's a budget cut I like - So long Abstinence Only ed.

[liskddksil]

President Obama today unveiled a budget for fiscal year 2010 that is sure to have some reproductive health activists cheering as he continues to fulfill the predictions I made for women's health policies when he was first elected. The new budget eliminates federal funding for the teaching of abstinence-only sex education in schools.

Instead of promoting abstinence ed, Obama is proposing a new teen pregnancy prevention initiative that supports "evidence-based" and "promising" models. Once again, Obama is reversing policies set in place under President Bush, who asked for more than $100 million in funds last year for abstinence-only programs. Several states opted to turn down federal funds rather than be forced to forgo contraception education in public schools.


http://health.usnews.com/blogs/on-women/2009/05/07/obama-budget-eliminates-funding-for-abstinence-on

[Sequoia]

1. Off to the greatest page with you.

Bristol Palin will only get to speak at churches now.

[ananda]

2. evidence-based

Now what's that again? I've almost forgotten.

Is it in the Bible? LOL

[liskddksil]

3. scientific methods, objectivity - what are these strange words

[Hepburn]

4. Long over due to be axed....totally axed.

What a dumb idea: Convince teenagers that NOT having sex is a great idea.

:eyes:

[Lyric]

5. A "promising" model that doesn't involve promise rings.

Now THAT is an example of what America needs much more of--a nice, big, fat shot of logic and common sense, along with an extraction of "voodoo sex education." Good for Obama.

:thumbsup:

[Raster]

6. This a good step in replacing "faith-based" initiatives and programs with those that are...

reality-based!:kick: