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Statistics seem to show that the more schools tell children how not to get pregnant, the more teen pregnancies there are.
You got data on this?
States with the highest amounts of abstinence only funding tend to have higher STD and pregnancy rates then states with comprehensive sex ed.
States ranked by rates of pregnancy among women age 15-19 (pregnancies per thousand):
1. Nevada (113) $851,532
2. Arizona (104) $5,185,998
3. Mississippi (103) $5,742,594
4. New Mexico (103) $5,433,732
5. Texas (101) $14,289,087
6. Florida (97) $13,101,054
7. California (96) $6,367,902
8. Georgia (95) $12,282,363
9. North Carolina (95) $2,348,973
10. Arkansas (93) $4,030,124
SIECUS - Funding by State Fiscal Year 2008
Top 10 States With Highest Teenage Pregnancy and Birth Rates
50-State and National Comparisons | The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy -
Wyoming got none and had teen pregnancy rate of 77.
North Dakota got a measly $88k and had a low of 42.
New Hampshire got a measly 92K and had 42
States with have the most money of the program tend to have the highest birth rates per thousand of teenagers. Pennsylvania is one of the few exceptions.