What is Obama Doing to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies?
A year ago President Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election, and in that year a lot has been discussed - one thing in particular that's been raised is how to prevent unintended pregnancies in the United States?
After 14 years of a steady decline in teen pregnancies, the numbers have increased, rising 1.4 percent between 2006 and 2007, and 3.4 percent the year before. These results may have come from a range of factors, but spurred a debate about government funding sex-education in 2009.
In May, President Obama proposed about $164 million for a new pregnancy prevention initiative for teenagers that was not based in abstinence only education.
As a pro-choice woman and a strong advocate for reproductive rights justice in our communities, I believe that a sexual health program that does not promote abstinence as the only way to prevent pregnancy is extremely important.
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