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Indiana lawmakers back defunding Kinsey sex institute

FILE - Lorissa Sweet, a Christian conservative and Republican state Rep. candidate speaks during a rally on April 28, 2022, in Warren, Ind. Indiana Republican lawmakers voted Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2023, to prohibit Indiana University from using any state money to support its sexual research institution after Sweet, a far-right legislator unleashed disputed allegations of child exploitation by its founder and famed mid-20th century researcher Alfred Kinsey. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) FILE - Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, author of "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female," is photographed on Aug. 15, 1953. Indiana Republican lawmakers voted Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2023, to prohibit Indiana University from using any state money to support its sexual research institution after a far-right legislator unleashed disputed allegations of child exploitation by its founder and famed mid-20th century researcher Alfred Kinsey. (AP Photo/File)
Indiana lawmakers back defunding Kinsey sex institute