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Palin backed abstinence-only education

Taylor Marsh found this 9/1/2008 on firstread.msnbc.msn.com

From NBC's Katie Primm and Mark MurrayBy way, as has been pointed out, Palin backed abstinence-only education during her 2006 gubernatorial race. In an Eagle Forum Alaska questionnaire, Palin gave this response to the following question: Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools? Palin: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support....( read ...