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Post by Jennibella on Jul 1, 2007 1:02:10 GMT -5
House Democratic leaders to kill funding for abstinence education programsUrgent Telephone Alert to the House Energy & Commerce Committee The Democratic leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee have reportedly decided to kill the abstinence education program this year in favor of so-called “comprehensive” programs that emphasize “safe sex” and contraception. Abstinence education programs have been shown to effectively reduce the risks of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. They teach teenagers that saving sex until marriage and remaining faithful afterwards is the best choice for health and happiness. However, the Democratic leadership wants to replace that message with federally-funded contraceptive sex education programs that fail to teach young people about the dangers of STDs and extra-marital sex, as well as the inefficiency of contraception. As a result, we could end up with programs like Boulder High School in Colorado where a guest speaker told students as young as 14 to go have sex. ...CALL NOW!
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