| New England Coalition for Sustainable Population |
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Future generations depend
on the wisdom of the present.
on the wisdom of the present.
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| The Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act Sponsored by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT), H.R. 1653 would provide federal money to support responsible sex education in schools. This education would include science-based, medically accurate, and age appropriate public health information about both abstinence and contraception. No dedicated federal funding currently exists for comprehensive sex education in schools. In other words, there is no federal appropriation specifically for comprehensive sex education. From 1996 through federal fiscal year 2007, Congress committed more than $1.4 billion dollars (through both federal and state matching funds) to abstinence-only-until-marriage programs; meanwhile, zero dollars went to comprehensive sex education. Programs receiving federal abstinence-only monies are currently prohibited from discussing the health benefits of contraceptives and condoms. Moreover, Congress continues to fund such abstinence-only programs, despite research that shows that programs teaching abstinence plus contraception are far more effective than abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. It is time for a more balanced approach. Read more here: Advocates For Youth |
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