Elections have consequences. President Obama wants to bag the abstinence-only programs and replace them with more comprehensive sex ed programs.
Read below from The Associated Press:
President Barack Obama's budget would eliminate spending on abstinence-only education and direct the money to other teen pregnancy-reduction programs.
Leslee Unruh (UN'-roo) of the Abstinence Clearinghouse in Sioux Falls said the change would increase teen pregnancy, hurt children and create a political backlash from young people who've been through the programs.
But Sarah Stoesz (STAYZ) of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota says the budget makes it clear the government will stop wasting federal money on programs that don't reduce teen pregnancies or keep teens healthy.
Obama wants to eliminate a $38 million state grant program plus a nearly $100 million pot of money that is supposed to be spent for abstinence education.
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