Trump Administration Moves To Defund Teen Pregnancy Research Programs

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(07-30-2017, 07:40 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2017/07/24/Trump-administration-ends-funding-for-teen-pregnancy-programs/3551500899474/

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/trump-administration-cuts-short-anti-teen-pregnancy-grants-48847203

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/17/537754569/trump-administration-moves-to-defund-teen-pregnancy-research-programs

http://www.businessinsider.com/teen-pregnancy-prevention-program-funding-cuts-trump-administration-2017-7

One thing to note that I read in the NPR article, was that a new under-secretary in HHS is a proponent of abstinence only education. So this may be a result of that particular person's ideology. It's hard to say. Either way, this can result in higher unwanted pregnancies, higher numbers of abortions, higher numbers of STIs, etc. A bad move, for sure.

(07-30-2017, 07:50 AM)ballsofsteel Wrote: Anything to make his base happy.

This.

They don't care about numbers or studies or reality.  They care about making the "Christians" think they are "turning our country back to God".  Making America "great again", if you will.

And I bet Trump could not care less...this smells of a Pence thing with Trump there just to take the face of it.