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School Pregnancy Prevention Efforts Shut Down as Trump Emphasizes Abstinence
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The Children’s Aid’s teen pregnancy prevention program was about more than just talking to young people about the risks associated with teen pregnancy.
On June 26, HHS abruptly canceled the remaining two years of funding—$143 million in total—for more than 50 separate Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants across 25 states.
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Children’s Aid had been a recipient of the health and human services agency’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grant since 2015.
In 2018, HHS followed up with guidance requiring all federally funded teen pregnancy prevention programs to discourage teens from having sex altogether.