Senate committee restores abstinence ed funding

WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee voted to restore funding for abstinence education through Title V state grants Sept. 29 after Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, added an amendment to reinstate $50 million per year in abstinence education funding that President Obama had cut from his budget proposal to Congress. The 12–11 vote came despite the committee’s chairman Sen. Max Baucus,…