Dan Besse, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, today called for adoption of new rules to ensure that state-funded teen pregnancy prevention programs include comprehensive, medically accurate information.

"For state-funded teen pregnancy prevention programs to work, they must be complete and accurate," said Besse.  "We can't allow our tax money to finance misleading or inaccurate programs that put our young people's health at risk."

"We have to stand up as Americans for the health of all our children," said Besse.  "President Bush's veto of health care for children whose families' can't afford private insurance was a profoundly immoral act. "  

Besse explained that the Bush veto, if not overturned, will undercut North Carolina's efforts to cover more of the over 250,000 children in our state with no regular health care coverage. 

North Carolina this year can substantially shrink the number of children in poor working families who have no access to health care.