] The public health burden related to unsafe sexual
] activity is three times higher in the U.S. than in other
] developed nations, according to researchers at the
] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Guess that combination of teaching abstinance but not actual birth control practices really does work wonders! To the tune of "20 million cases of adverse health conditions (7532 per 100,000 population) and 30,000 deaths"

Yep, quite the public health policy we've got going!