The American State of Teenage Sex, in 3 Charts

Back in 2002, the government funded a study that showed there was no evidence that abstinence programs increased a kid's likelihood of abstaining from sex. In fact, no studies have found evidence that teaching abstinence works to prevent teenage pregnancies. And yet this year, the federal government will fund abstinence-only education to the tune of $85 million. Last week, for the third year in a row, President Barack Obama's budget proposal included cuts to some $10 million of that abstinence-o...