Washington D.C., May 9, 2009 / 18:44 pm
President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget plan proposes to defund abstinence-only sex education initiatives, prompting defenders of the programs to say the plan ignores their "significant success."
The state grant program for abstinence education that is proposed for elimination will receive $38 million in 2009, Fox News reports.
Administration budget documents say the President wants to redirect funding from abstinence-only education programs to "evidence-based and promising teen pregnancy prevention programs."
The budget plan claims the most positive results come from programs that "provide a range of services in addition to comprehensive sex education."