Currently, many schools in the United States, especially private schools, teach only abstinence or do not teach a sexual education course at all. The states with the highest rates of abstinence-only education also have the highest teenage pregnancy rates. A secular sexual education class reduces the teenage pregnancy rates and helps prevent sexually transmitted diseases in teenagers.
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