Help Please...

[haikugal]

DU is the best for finding information and I hope you can help me with this question. Today in the news the fact that abstinence only sex ed was funded in the health care bill has been brought to light. On another forum I'm discussing this and have been asked to provide the wording from the bill.

I have searched DU and found PDF's but it would help so much if someone can direct me to where I can find this information. I'm not sure but I think it's Title V..

Thanks for any help..

[eleny]

1. Did you try some word searches in the pdf file of the bill?

If you didn't find it, then it might not be in the bill.

[SteppingRazor]

2. $50 million/yr. over five years:

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0328/democrats-funding-abstinenceonly-programs/

I don't know about the wording of the bill, but it comes to $250 million, and the amendment was inserted by Orrin Hatch of Utah. The bill also funds "personally responsibility" sex ed (read: sex ed that covers safe sex and other stuff that actually works) to the tune of $75 million.

the ongoing theory is that the Hatch amendment was kept in there to shore up support among conservative Democrats.

[haikugal]

3. Thank You

" Did you try some word searches in the pdf file of the bill?"

Well I would if I knew how...*smiles*...I'm not very proficient at this yet.

Thanks for the link I may go ahead and post it...I'm not sure if this person is questioning the reality of this or the conjecture about why it's still in there.

Your input is appreciated.

[eleny]

4. Hi, about the "find" feature in PDF files...

When you open a PDF file look at the top of the file itself. There's often a blank field with an arrow next to it. You can type a word in that blank field. Then click the little arrow to the right of that field and you'll get some choices. One of them should be a "find" choice. Choose one and it will find the word if it's in the file. Then you can go back to that list of choices and tell it to find the "next" place that the word appears. You can hunt the whole file for every place the word or phrase appears.

It's a really helpful feature when it's available since the usual "find" feature in your browser won't work on a PDF file.

Sorry for the delay in responding, I needed to go grocery shopping. :hi:

[haikugal]

7. Thanks So Much!

I appreciate your taking the time to explain that to me. I'll give it a try tomorrow..

[haikugal]

8. next question

With your help and using the actual help on my computer (duh) I now can search the Health Care Bill however...where would I find the provision for funding of sex education? Under Title V there is community programs but where is the school sex education funding located...anyone know?

[Winterblues]

5. I don't believe it is abstinence "only"

I believe it teaches abstinence, but also other sex education as well..

[haikugal]

6. Here

this is an article about it.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0328/dem...only-programs/

Health reform bill includes $250M for new abstinence-only programs

By Gavin Dahl
Sunday, March 28th, 2010 -- 4:57 pm

Health reform bill includes $250M for new abstinence only programs Buried in the landmark health care bill passed by Democrats is $250 million over 5 years for state programs to try to convince young people to wait until marriage for sex.

Proponents of abstinence-only education are thrilled, but there is little evidence this money will be effective in fighting pregnancy or HIV.

"We're very happy to see that funding will continue so the important sexual health message of risk avoidance will reach American teens," Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association, a D.C.-based lobbying group, told Washington Post. "What better place to see such an important health issue addressed than in the health legislation?"

"To spend a quarter-billion dollars on abstinence-only-until-marriage programs that have already been proven to fail is reckless and irresponsible," James Wagoner of the Washington group Advocates for Youth responded in the same piece from Washington Post. "When on top of that you add the fact that this puts the health and lives of young people at risk, this becomes outrageous."

Abstinence programs received roughly $150 million a year during the previous administration, but independent evaluations concluded that the long decline in teen pregnancies was reversing. So IBM's first budget effectively excluded abstinence funding. The speculation is that the new $250 million, introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) was left in as part of the effort to win conservative Democratic support.

Story continues at the link...