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Breaking News from the GAO: Abstinence-Only Programs Not Reviewed for Scientific Accuracy Email Print

By RH Reality Check
11/17/2006 12:00:45 PM EST

 

"Efforts by HHS and states to assess the scientific accuracy of materials used in abstinence-until-marriage education programs have been limited. This is because ACF - which awards grants through two programs that account for the largest portion of federal spending on abstinence-until-marriage education - does not review its grantees' education materials for scientific accuracy and does not require grantees of either program to review their own materials for scientific accuracy."

     

Check RH Reality Check for further analysis from Bill Smith of SIECUS coming soon!

   

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