Abstinence education. (Policy & Practice).

From: OB GYN News | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Peters, Sally | Copyright information

Abstinence education got a boost in President Bush's budget for 2003. The Bush administration's 2003 budget request raises funding for abstinence education programs to $135 million: a $33 million increase over 2002 funding for abstinence education, HHS says. The abstinence program includes funding to public and private groups for the development, of abstinence edu...

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