“Science has finally caught up with logic and what parents have known for centuries,” that abstinence is an effective way to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Abstinence education just got a boost from unlikely sources – the new health care bill and President Obama.

Under the health reform law, abstinence education programs can receive up to $50 million a year for the next five years. From 2010 through 2014, $250 million dollars will be available for all states for abstinence education under Title V of the Social Security Act.

“We are encouraged that funding will continue so that the important sexual health message of risk avoidance will reach American teens,” said Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association.

Huber noted that the health care bill provides considerably more funding for comprehensive sex education program. She contended that a dual approach to sex education funding can help parents and schools have real choices when it comes to educating students about sex.

Before the health care legislation, President Obama and Congress had pulled the plug on federal funding for abstinence education. Obama had eliminated most funding for abstinence-only education programs in the 2010 budget shortly after taking office. He moved most of the money into comprehensive programs that include discussions of birth control.

Then in June, Congress allowed the $50 million in abstinence-only funding to expire.

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