Obama, Congress Cut $ for 176 Abstinence Programs Despite New Study

[juliee]

Obama, Congress Cut $ for 176 Abstinence Programs Despite New Study

Washington, DC – More than 176 abstinence education programs will lose funding for their outreaches to youth and young adults on September 30 because Congress and the Obama Administration canceled all grants going to abstinence-centered programming in their FY2010 budget.

LifeNews.com/nat6659.html

 

[lutherlic]

Obama, Congress Cut $ for 176 Abstinence Programs Despite New Study

Washington, DC – More than 176 abstinence education programs will lose funding for their outreaches to youth and young adults on September 30 because Congress and the Obama Administration canceled all grants going to abstinence-centered programming in their FY2010 budget.

LifeNews.com/nat6659.html

I wonder what the basis for this is. Was it in some way due to separation of church and state? Was any other reason given?

If it was simply fiscal responsibility, there appears to be funds available for other projects that might be better used here. For example, the $6,000,000 of US taxpayer money being spent to rebuild Muslim mosques around the world. That does not appear to raise church and state separation issues. See this article.