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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps Proposed Budget Would Invest $277 Million in Abstinence-Only Education
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Trumps Proposed Budget Would Invest $277 Million in Abstinence-Only Education
By Lisa Ryan
Not only would President Donald Trumps proposed 2018 budget harm women and families by barring Planned Parenthood from receiving any federal government funding, it would also invest $277 million in abstinence-only education, which has been shown to be a completely ineffective means of sexual education.
As Quartz reports, the proposed budget calls for investing $277 million to extend abstinence education and personal responsibility education program between 2018 and 2027. The investment certainly falls in line with Vice-President Mike Pences love of abstinence-only programs (and subsequent lack of knowledge about how condoms actually work). But it also completely disregards research showing that abstinence-only programs dont work.
A 2011 study found that an increasing emphasis on abstinence education is positively correlated with teenage pregnancy and birth rates. Additionally, the states with the highest teen pregnancy rates Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi have policies that emphasize abstinence-only sexual education. The Guttmacher Institute also found that no program of any kind has ever shown success in convincing young people to postpone sex from age 17, when they typically first have intercourse, until marriage, and that teens who claim to practice abstinence often still have oral sex, which can put them at risk of STDs even if they arent having intercourse.
At this time, Trumps budget is still just a proposal it needs to be approved by Congress in order to actually be implemented. Congress is reportedly already wary of the proposed budget, but according to Axios, even if lawmakers dismantle a significant portion of it, theyll likely still try to stick with the administrations goals.
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Trumps Proposed Budget Would Invest $277 Million in Abstinence-Only Education (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2017
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janterry
(4,429 posts)1. The heck with evidence
make america the 40's again................
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)2. Coming from a man who has a daughter born out of wedlock
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Well he has to kiss the Bible Thumpers Asses.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)4. irony is officially finished...
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)5. Oh for God's sakes....the lunacy never ends
Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)6. I ran out of logs for my fireplace.
That $227 million could help keep it burning for a while, and would be much more effective than spending it on abstinence-only education.