Colorado recently failed to renew its request for Title V funding, federal funds that must be used for abstinence-only sex education.  Although Title V has been controversial and other states have denied the funding after some studies found abstinence-only sex education are not necessarily more effective and sometimes have no impact, Colorado says it ended the funding because of bureaucratic, not philosophical, reasons.

According to the RHRealityCheck.org blog, Dr. Ned Calonge, Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment’s chief medical officer, acknowledged that the health department’s conclusion was influenced by the ongoing battle on Capitol Hill over the continuation of Title V.  But Calonge holds that they “just made the decision not to reapply [for the funding].”

The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States applauded the decision, calling Colorado the 13th state to reject the funds.  Why do you think Colorado failed to renew its application for Title V funds? Who do you believe?

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