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May 15, 2006
CDC Pressured to Rename Abstinence Panel?
May 15, 2006—The federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) changed the name last week of a special panel on abstinence-only education from “Are Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs a Threat to Public Health?” to “Public Health Strategies of Abstinence Programs for Youth.” The switch followed a complaint from Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) that the conference had an anti-abstinence agenda and should have a pro-abstinence speaker added to the lineup.