The Future of Abstinence? Obama Administration ends Federal Funding.

[denem]

The End of an Era.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/219946

The Future of Abstinence

It's been a mainstay of sex ed for more than a decade.
Now, as the Obama administration cuts off federal funding,
the movement scrambles for money, determined to continue its mission.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/219818

Cutting through the fog, let be clear what 'Abstinence Education' is: Its message is don't engage intercourse before marriage; Its curriculum is censorship: Factual information on contraception is denied and prohibited. As such, the moniker 'Education' is fraudulent.

[DaveinJapan]

1. k&R

Puritanical nonsense.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. What galls me is that people will piss and moan over every friggin' penny NASA spends on Science

and we wasted HOW MUCH on this idiotic crap over the past decade? :shrug:

[Lasher]

4. $1.9 billion in government funding since 1997 ($1.5 billion of that federal money).

During the Bush administration, funding for abstinence education more than doubled, from $80 million in 2001 to $200 million in 2007.

This information comes from the article linked in the OP.

[Razoor]

7. couldnt agree more with that

I couldnt agree more on about how people grumble about all the money spent on NASA and dont say a darn thing about using federal money for crap like this

[RadicalGeek]

3. Abstinence 1st is OK in my book

It's 'abstinence only' that bugs me.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. agreed... n/t

[annabanana]

5. Abstinence has the same chance it ALWAYS had. .

There is nothing in any "abstinence only" policy that EVER effected how people behave.

[denem]

6. But withholding contraception information DOES affect how people behave.

[RadicalGeek]

14. I agree denem

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[barbtries]

8. lol

the future of abstinence? same as the past: it doesn't work.

[Tim01]

9. Abstinence shoulld be taught at home and at church.

It is not a good use of resources to try to suggest it to the general population.

[Yavin4]

11. Didn't Work for Sarah Palin's Kid

And before you flame me, Sarah was the one who trotted her kids out on the stage, not me.

[Vinca]

12. The purity rings bring back memories of the creepy father/daughter faux proms.

I'm delighted Obama stopped the cash for this program that would not teach birth control.

[Canuckistanian]

13. Just say no to just saying no

Abstinence-only doesn't work. It's been proven time and time again.

[treestar]

15. That communist

I knew Obama was a communist. Now he is promoting free love! :rofl: