Sex Education: Another Bush Administration Fund Misallocation

In 1999, Congress allocated federally funded grants totaling $80 million for the teaching of abstinence-only sex education. These grants were given to a variety of religious, civic and medical organizations that would meet the eligibility requirements of limiting the discussion of contraception to failure rates. In 2005, the Bush Administration proposed that $270 million should be allocated to these programs. Congress reduced this amount down to $168 million, thus raising the total funding to $900 million in a five-year period. This is your tax dollars at work with the following curriculum being taught in these types of programs: abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, half of gay male teenagers in the US have been infected with HIV, touching a person's genitals can result in pregnancy, a 43 day old fetus is a "thinking person", HIV can spread by sweat and tears, and condoms fail 31% of the time to prevent the transmission of HIV.