Inclusion Of Abstinence-Only Funding In Senate Health Reform Bill Surprises Advocates On Both Sides

December 1, 2009 by admin

The inclusion of funding for abstinence-only sex education programs in the Senate health reform bill has “thrown advocates on both sides of the sex education debate for a loop,” CQ Weekly reports. In September, Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad (N.D.) and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) joined a coalition of 10 Republicans — led by Sen…

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