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In some states of the US and many more if the religious right gets their way, they no longer teach biology or evolution. Instead they teach Creationism, a pseudo-science involving no evidence other than what's based on simple speculation.
Warning labels have been placed on biology books stating that the books are based on things that aren't proven. Yet the bible, which is one of the strongest advocates of intolerance, murder, genocide, female oppression and slavery remains without a warning label.

Many schools across the country, particularly in the south are teaching 'abstinence education'. The primary principle being that children should not engage in sexual activity before marriage. Within this program is propaganda entailing that the current contraceptive methods, particularly condoms, are ineffective against protection from STD's and pregnancy. This is of-course false. But it is accepted by millions of children, who then have sex without protection and contract an STD or become pregnant.
The statistics also show that 'abstinence education' does not effect the percentage of children that abstain from sex before marriage. The 3% rate is the same for children regardless of whether they are fed misinformation about protection from STD's and pregnancy.
From this we can see how irrational religious thinking is responsible for the record-breaking rate of teen pregnancy and STDs throughout the bible belt.