Arlen Specter: “Amendment No. 2269, the Lautenberg amendment, provides for a prohibition for the use of funds for abstinence education…”

“Amendment No. 2269, the Lautenberg amendment, provides for a prohibition for the use of funds for abstinence education information that has proved medically inaccurate. Again, it has been cleared on both sides of the aisle. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Specter], for Mr. Lautenberg, proposes an amendment numbered 2269. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds to provide abstinence education that includes information that is medically inaccurate) At the appropriate place, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to provide abstinence education that includes information that is medically inaccurate. For purposes of this section, the term ``medically inaccurate'' means information that is unsupported or contradicted by peer- reviewed research by leading medical, psychological, psychiatric, and public health publications, organizations and agencies. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 2269) was agreed to. Amendment No. 2214, as Modified”