Trump Administration Sued Over Ending Funding Of Teen Pregnancy Programs
Several Planned Parenthood chapters and other groups are suing the federal government because they say their grants for sex education and pregnancy prevention were canceled without explanation.
by Alison Kodjak
Feb 15, 2018
4 minutes
It was Julie Liles' 17-year-old daughter, Emily, who suggested that they attend a sex education program together.
Julie was eager to go. She was just 14 when she gave birth to Emily.
"So always in the back of my mind was a worry that she would get hurt," says Julie, her voice cracking. "I worried in the back of my mind that she would find herself in the same situation."
The mother-daughter pair spent an entire Saturday holed up at a local high school talking about relationships, love and, yes, sex. The five-hour seminar called , or LiFT, included group
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