Democrats demand HHS reinstate canceled teen pregnancy prevention grants
Health officials said 53 of 67 grants were canceled after they found the programs did not fit federal priorities.
- The Trump administration canceled 53 of 67 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants, shifting funding toward abstinence, marriage, and fertility education programs that emphasize medically accurate and age-appropriate content and avoid promoting sexual activity among minors.
- Critics, including grant recipients and health experts, argue that the policy shift ignores evidence-based prevention methods and contradicts the program's original intent to prevent teen pregnancy rather than prepare adolescents for pregnancy.
- Supporters claim the new guidance helps adolescents understand reproductive health, make informed decisions, and consider future fertility and marriage goals, aligning with the administration's priorities.
- The cancellation affects over two dozen states and sparked lawsuits and debate over sex education's purpose, with critics noting that comprehensive sex education has contributed to a historic 72% decline in teen birth rates since 2007.
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Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’ - Perryville Republic Monitor
The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility …
A few weeks ago, Rena Dixon, director of Fact Forward's non-profit organization in South Carolina, which offers health and sex education classes for adolescents, received a letter from the US President's government, Donald Trump, with devastating news. The government was closing, with immediate effect, the $1.6 million grant (about R$ 8.1 million, in the current quote) received by the institution through a federal program aimed at reducing teena…
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Trump Administration Cancels Teen Pregnancy Grants Nationwide Over Claims Programs Encourage Premarital Sex
The Trump administration has dramatically reshaped the federal government's approach to preventing teenage pregnancy, scrapping dozens of long-running grants and replacing them with a programme centred on abstinence, marriage and fertility education. The move has sparked lawsuits, divided health experts and reignited a long-running debate over what type of sex education best protects young people. Most Teen Pregnancy Grants Have Been Cancelled T…
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