Virginia has stopped funding abstinence-only sex education programs, according to the Washington Post. Virgina Gov. Timothy M. Kaine cited recent studies finding that teenagers should also be taught about birth control and condoms to protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Delacey Skinner, Kaine’s communications director, said the governor believes that effective sex education programs must include information about contraceptives as well as abstinence.

The article says Virginia is the 14th state to reject abstinence-only education. The other states that have rejected federal funding for abstinence-only programs are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Wyoming.  You can read more background about Title V, the federally-funded abstinence-only education.

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