 Sex ed in America sucks. If you're like me, your sex ed classes went a little like Don't have sex because you will get pregnant and die. Yeah, but it turns out that states with abstinence only sex ed or abstinence plus, literally the worst streaming service ever, tend to have both higher rates of teen pregnancy and STIs. I'm looking at you, Mississippi. Roughly 50% of all reported STIs nationwide are from those age 15 to 24. However, states that require some level of sex education show lower STI rates among that age group, and only 12 states plus DC require teaching consent, CONSENT, and don't get me started on the lack of LGBTQ inclusion in sex ed.