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Scared Straight in California

Rachel Hart,
Reproductive Freedom Project
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June 22, 2006

The Selma Enterprise in CA reports that students in the Selma Unified School District will now be able to take the abstinence-only program Making a Difference:

DeLeon said she likes to call the HIV and STD portions of the program "Scared Straight," meaning that students are often scared straight when they realize how far-reaching the long-term consequences of STDs can be, and how their lives may be affected down the road.

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