Good: Senate Finance Committee Restores $50m in Abstinence Education Funding

Thanks in small (yet significant) part to those of you who took part in the APP effort of last week to support Title V funding for abstinence education - the Senate Finance Committee came through and, by the narrowest margin, made the right call!

In a late Tuesday vote, members of the Senate Finance Committee narrowly approved an amendment to restore some of the abstinence education funds President Barack Obama and abortion advocates in Congress have removed from budget bills.

Sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, the amendment reinstates $50 million a year in abstinence funding through Title V state block grant programs.

Hatch hailed the vote, which saw members of the panel vote 12-11 for his amendment.

... “It is encouraging that the hard work of grassroots constituencies from across the country have prevailed to ensure these common-sense programs will continue,” said Valerie Huber, executive director of NAEA.

Huber told LifeNews.com that the amendment will still need a floor vote in the Senate, so her organization's job of promoting abstinence funding continues. (LifeNews)

President Obama had removed the abstinence education funding in his budget proposal.

Surprise, surprise.