WASHINGTON — Funding for abstinence education has returned to the federal budget in the spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. The $1 trillion budget, which staves off another potential government shutdown, allocates $5 million for abstinence-based Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) programs that were slashed by the Obama administration beginning in 2009. Abstinence-only education has been under…
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