Abstinence Education: Bias on the Hill and in the Press
Kristen Fyfe of the Culture and Media Institute reports about anti-abstinence bias in the media:
Both the LA Times and Reuters reported that abstinence-only education has received “$1.3 billion” in federal funds since the late 1990s, but they failed to put the number in context. Neither outlet reported that federal spending on programs to promote condoms and contraceptives to youth outpaces funding for abstinence-until-marriage programs by 12 to 1, according to the Abstinence Clearinghouse.
There’s much more . . .