• Texas receives more federal funding for abstinence-only programs than any other state in the country.  In 2007, Texas received $18,213,472 in federal funding.  This is 27 percent more than the next highest state.
• At the same time, Texas has the highest rate of births¹ and repeat births² to teenage girls in the nation.
• In 2004, teen childbearing in Texas cost taxpayers at least $1 billion.³
• In 2007, 52 percent of high-school aged teenagers in Texas reported having had sex.⁴ Only 56 percent of Texas high school students report using a condom the last time they had sex.⁵
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 4 teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease.
• In a 2004 Scripps Howard Poll, 90 percent of Texans surveyed said they favored teaching public school students age-appropriate, medically accurate sex education that includes information on abstinence, birth control and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV.
• A 2008 Pineda Consulting poll of female Hispanic voters in Texas found that 83 percent favor teaching students in public schools about the role birth control and condoms play in preventing teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Sources
1 Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2007
2 Child Trends, 2007
3 National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, "By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing in Texas," November 2006.
4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance?United States, 2007. Surveillance Summaries, June 4, 2008. MMWR; 57(SS-4);Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (2007). Youth Online:Comprehensive Results. Retrieved June 2008 from http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/ Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance? United States, 2007. Surveillance Summaries, June 4, 2008. MMWR; 57(SS-4);Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (2007). Youth Online:Comprehensive Results. Retrieved June 2008 from http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/ Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.