Good news: President Barack Obama removes all government funding for abstinence-only sex education

[guno]

Good!! stop the religious based kookery masquerading as education



Obama’s budget for the fiscal year 2017, the final budget of his administration, not only eradicates abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education funding, it also increases funds for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, maintains funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, and calls for a five-year extension of the Personal Responsibility Education Program, according to a statement released by The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. -

Obama Removes All Funding For ‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex Education

 

[hadit]

That's stupid.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Guno is still practicing putting condoms on cucumbers

 

[martybegan]

Good!! stop the religious based kookery masquerading as education



Obama’s budget for the fiscal year 2017, the final budget of his administration, not only eradicates abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education funding, it also increases funds for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, maintains funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, and calls for a five-year extension of the Personal Responsibility Education Program, according to a statement released by The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. -

Obama Removes All Funding For ‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex Education

Why is the federal government involved in Sex Ed in the first place?

 

[Katzndogz]

Good!! stop the religious based kookery masquerading as education



Obama’s budget for the fiscal year 2017, the final budget of his administration, not only eradicates abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education funding, it also increases funds for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, maintains funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, and calls for a five-year extension of the Personal Responsibility Education Program, according to a statement released by The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. -

Obama Removes All Funding For ‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex Education

Why is the federal government involved in Sex Ed in the first place?

There shouldn't be any funding at all.

 

[Disgruntled_American]

That's stupid.

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Children with good parenting learn this at home. It's the lousy parents that rely on a school to teach it.

 

[hadit]

That's stupid.

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

 

[Disgruntled_American]

That's stupid.

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

And that is not what is happening in this case. In this case, the government is taking the "one size fits all" proposition of abstinence ONLY education and not funding that one-size fits all education.

You are correct, there isn't a one size fits all so why fund something that ONLY is abstinence?

 

[TNHarley]

Good. He should cut it all out.
But since the statits think the federal government should control everything, I think a good solution would be funding all types of sex education. They need to know everything. Not just about how to swallow a pill or spit out the bukkake

 

[Correll]

Good!! stop the religious based kookery masquerading as education



Obama’s budget for the fiscal year 2017, the final budget of his administration, not only eradicates abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education funding, it also increases funds for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, maintains funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, and calls for a five-year extension of the Personal Responsibility Education Program, according to a statement released by The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. -

Obama Removes All Funding For ‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex Education

If it's such a great idea, then why did he wait till his last budget?

 

[hadit]

That's stupid.

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

And that is not what is happening in this case. In this case, the government is taking the "one size fits all" proposition of abstinence ONLY education and not funding that one-size fits all education.

You are correct, there isn't a one size fits all so why fund something that ONLY is abstinence?

Because it's one facet of a multi-faceted issue. What I don't want to see happen is the removal of the cautionary aspect of sex ed altogether. Kids face enough pressure to sexualize at young ages as it is.

 

[Disgruntled_American]

That's stupid.

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

And that is not what is happening in this case. In this case, the government is taking the "one size fits all" proposition of abstinence ONLY education and not funding that one-size fits all education.

You are correct, there isn't a one size fits all so why fund something that ONLY is abstinence?

Because it's one facet of a multi-faceted issue. What I don't want to see happen is the removal of the cautionary aspect of sex ed altogether. Kids face enough pressure to sexualize at young ages as it is.

That isn't happening. It is still being taught that the only 100% effective way to not get pregnant is to not have sex. What has changed is that the government is no longer funding the abstinence ONLY part. abstinence ONLY is what it is, not teaching about anything else other than abstinence.

Why do you want abstinence ONLY education?

 

[ogibillm]

That's stupid.

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

And that is not what is happening in this case. In this case, the government is taking the "one size fits all" proposition of abstinence ONLY education and not funding that one-size fits all education.

You are correct, there isn't a one size fits all so why fund something that ONLY is abstinence?

Because it's one facet of a multi-faceted issue. What I don't want to see happen is the removal of the cautionary aspect of sex ed altogether. Kids face enough pressure to sexualize at young ages as it is.

That isn't happening. It is still being taught that the only 100% effective way to not get pregnant is to not have sex. What has changed is that the government is no longer funding the abstinence ONLY part. abstinence ONLY is what it is, not teaching about anything else other than abstinence.

Why do you want abstinence ONLY education?

because of how effective it is /sarcasm

 

[hadit]

That's stupid.

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

And that is not what is happening in this case. In this case, the government is taking the "one size fits all" proposition of abstinence ONLY education and not funding that one-size fits all education.

You are correct, there isn't a one size fits all so why fund something that ONLY is abstinence?

Because it's one facet of a multi-faceted issue. What I don't want to see happen is the removal of the cautionary aspect of sex ed altogether. Kids face enough pressure to sexualize at young ages as it is.

That isn't happening. It is still being taught that the only 100% effective way to not get pregnant is to not have sex. What has changed is that the government is no longer funding the abstinence ONLY part. abstinence ONLY is what it is, not teaching about anything else other than abstinence.

Why do you want abstinence ONLY education?

Because I still hold out hope that parents will take their responsibility to teach their children instead of relying on a school system that doesn't respect their values.

 

[Disgruntled_American]

Why is it stupid? How much government money do you need to tell people not to have sex as in the case of abstinence only education?

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

And that is not what is happening in this case. In this case, the government is taking the "one size fits all" proposition of abstinence ONLY education and not funding that one-size fits all education.

You are correct, there isn't a one size fits all so why fund something that ONLY is abstinence?

Because it's one facet of a multi-faceted issue. What I don't want to see happen is the removal of the cautionary aspect of sex ed altogether. Kids face enough pressure to sexualize at young ages as it is.

That isn't happening. It is still being taught that the only 100% effective way to not get pregnant is to not have sex. What has changed is that the government is no longer funding the abstinence ONLY part. abstinence ONLY is what it is, not teaching about anything else other than abstinence.

Why do you want abstinence ONLY education?

Because I still hold out hope that parents will take their responsibility to teach their children instead of relying on a school system that doesn't respect their values.

You aren't really making sense. You want parents to teach their children, yet you disagree with defunding abstinence only education. The two don't equate.

 

[hadit]

It's stupid because education is not a one size fits all proposition.

And that is not what is happening in this case. In this case, the government is taking the "one size fits all" proposition of abstinence ONLY education and not funding that one-size fits all education.

You are correct, there isn't a one size fits all so why fund something that ONLY is abstinence?

Because it's one facet of a multi-faceted issue. What I don't want to see happen is the removal of the cautionary aspect of sex ed altogether. Kids face enough pressure to sexualize at young ages as it is.

That isn't happening. It is still being taught that the only 100% effective way to not get pregnant is to not have sex. What has changed is that the government is no longer funding the abstinence ONLY part. abstinence ONLY is what it is, not teaching about anything else other than abstinence.

Why do you want abstinence ONLY education?

Because I still hold out hope that parents will take their responsibility to teach their children instead of relying on a school system that doesn't respect their values.

You aren't really making sense. You want parents to teach their children, yet you disagree with defunding abstinence only education. The two don't equate.

I know. I've given up hope on a lot the government educational system does. I would prefer the government not get involved in a lot of things it now controls, and sometimes my cynicism clashes with my pragmatism. There's not enough coffee.

 

[the_human_being]

Once again, I don't think the Congress even opened up and read his budget proposal.

 

[Compost]

Sounds good. Sex ed will be "evidence-informed and innovative strategies to support the sexual health of our nation’s youth". Surely such innovative strategies would include letting the youth in on the evidence informed fact that abstinence avoids unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease every time it is implemented.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Children with good parenting learn this at home. It's the lousy parents that rely on a school to teach it.

Amen to this. If them "parents" were actually parents to their kids, a class like this wouldn't even be necessary in the first place.

God bless you always!!!

Holly