Moral Values... The most amusing chart yet

Teen pregnancy rankings by state.

Source: CDC (PDF) via It affects you via Daily Kos

These charts never get old. Now someone needs to get the data on abstinence-only programs vs. real sex education... I have a feeling there would be a connection.

On the recent Abstinence education study:

....people make mistakes, so teach them how to responsibly deal with their 'mistake' of sex when it occurs. Abstinence-only is a great idea in terms of judeo-christian values, but in terms of practicality and effectiveness it's completely worthless. Here's a good Op/Ed from my hometown paper. And here is a Reuters article on the study of Abstinence-Only Education programs:

Youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only sex-education courses frequently receive inaccurate or misleading information, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

According to a congressional staff analysis, some courses teach that touching a person's genitals can lead to pregnancy, abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, and half the gay male teenagers in the United States have tested positive for the AIDS virus, the Post said.