News Releases
December 2007
| SIECUS Applauds New Mexico's Refusal of Title V Funding |
| New York, NY – New Mexico’s Health Secretary, Alfredo Vigil, announced that his state will reject Title V federal funding for abstinence-only programs for the coming fiscal year. New Mexico joins 14 other states in rejecting the restrictive, abstinence-only-until-marriage funds. “We are grateful to Governor Richardson, Secretary Vigil, and his predecessor, ... |
| Data Show Teen Birthrate on the Rise |
| Failed Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs May be Part of the Problem New York, NY – Data released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the teen birthrate in the United States jumped 3% from 2005 to 2006 after more than 15 years of steady decline. “This is obviously extremely ... |
