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Palin slashed funding for teen mothers

Just saying.

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From the Washington Post’s the Trail:

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.)

By Lynn Harris

Award-winning journalist Lynn Harris is author of the comic novel "Death by Chick Lit" and co-creator of BreakupGirl.net. She also writes for the New York Times, Glamour, and many others.

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