In a posted piece on Human Events Online, an annual top ten list of the most wasteful government programs was given.

Ranked number 5 was the federal funding of contraceptive distribution programs in so-called “family-planning” clinics, like Planned Parenthood.

Thanks to a 1977 Supreme Court decision, clinics like Planned Parenthood can give contraception paid for with federal funds to minors under 16 years old without parental consent.

38 public policy experts and scholars, including Dick Armey, Charles Baird, Allan Carlson, Michelle Easton, and more nominated and selected the list of disappointing federal programs for this year’s 4th annual report.

[Human Events Online, “The Ten Most Harmful Government Programs,” 04/10/06, http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13885; Abstinence Clearinghouse E-Mail Update
04/12/06]