Sorry State of the Nation
Last week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) released the 2004 state-by-state examination of sex education and abstinence-only-until-marriage programs and the amount of funding they receive.
Despite a lack of evidence that they work, the American government has spent over $1 billion on abstinence-only programs since 1982. Maybe it’s no surprise that Bush is the biggest spender of all on this particular initiative.
Lots of cash also goes to anti-abortion groups, and other ideologically based groups that ignore the needs of many young people, in particular LGBTQ youth. Remarkably, SIECUS reported that a congressional report found that some states even use misleading or incorrect sex-ed curricula. These states include: Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Oklahoma, to name a few. Advice for people who live in these states: either buy your kids some very good books about sex or… move.
Despite a lack of evidence that they work, the American government has spent over $1 billion on abstinence-only programs since 1982. Maybe it’s no surprise that Bush is the biggest spender of all on this particular initiative.
Lots of cash also goes to anti-abortion groups, and other ideologically based groups that ignore the needs of many young people, in particular LGBTQ youth. Remarkably, SIECUS reported that a congressional report found that some states even use misleading or incorrect sex-ed curricula. These states include: Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Oklahoma, to name a few. Advice for people who live in these states: either buy your kids some very good books about sex or… move.
posted by Hailey Dai @ 11:14 p.m.
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