president obama new budget eliminate government fund abstinence-only sex education.for long federal government use tax dollars support abstinence-only sex education program spite fact overwhelm amount evidence show program work.the federal government first begin fund program 1981 then-president ronald reagan accord sexuality information education center america siecus 1996 2006 fund program grow exponentially tell past 25 years congress spend 1.5 billion fail abstinence-only programs.in spite shock amount money invest program evidence tell us nothing reduce rate teen pregnancy abortion help prevent spread sexually transmit disease fact opposite true.for example independent study commission minnesota department health find sexual activity double among junior high school participants state education baby late enabl program three school 2001 2002. number participants say would probably sex high school almost double well.as addict info report rate teen pregnancy state require comprehensive-sex education decline steadily past several years.at time rate teen pregnancy conservative state abstinence-only sex education allow even mandate remain embarrassingly high.as also report 2014 state high number teen pregnancies new mexico follow mississippi texas arkansas louisiana oklahoma state shamelessly backwards laws regard sex education mandate sex-education program stress abstinence importance sex marriage liberal state new hampshire vermont minnesota massachusetts maine low number teen pregnancies nation year.president obama decision eliminate federal fund program prove ineffective come reduce teen pregnancy abortion std save americans 10 million upfront cost programs.teen pregnancy cost u.s. approximately 9.4 billion.eliminating federal fund abstinence-only sex education program encourage school choose curriculum science-based fact-based.as school move toward put type curriculum place rather rely fantasy-based abstinence-only model conservatives endorse rate teen pregnancy teen abortion finally begin decline red state along number teens expose sexually transmit disease.in long run decision eliminate fund fail abstinence-only program save teen live save taxpayers billions dollars.image wikipedia obama finally eliminate fund abstinence-only sex ed