[Originally posted on goofyblog 4.10.07]
From the Boston Globe:
In an emerging revolt against abstinence-only sex education, states are turning down millions of dollars in federal grants, unwilling to accept White House dictates that the money be used for classes focused almost exclusively on teaching chastity.
In Ohio, Governor Ted Strickland said that regardless of the state’s sluggish economic picture, he simply did not see the point in taking part in the controversial State Abstinence Education Grant program anymore.
Five other states — Connecticut, Rhode Island, Montana, New Jersey, and Wisconsin — have dropped out of the program or plan to do by the end of the year. The program is managed by a unit of the US Department of Heath and Human Service.
Strickland, like most of the other governors who are pulling the plug on the funding, said in pulling out of the program last month that it has too many restrictions and rules to be practical.
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