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Palin slashed funding for teen mothers

From the Washington Post's the Trail:

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Sarah Palin, who has also voiced her opposition to "explicit sex ed," this past April used her line-item veto to slash 20 percent of funding for Covenant House, which runs a state program that gives teen mothers skills training and a place to live. (You know, other than in the harsh glare of the media.)

Posted in: Children and teens, Lynn Harris, Reproductive rights, Politics, Parenting

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