The United States has the highest rate of unintended teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among all industrialized nations. American teens acquire an estimated 9.1 million sexually transmitted diseases a year. An average of one young person in the U.S. is infected with HIV every hour of every day. The Prevention First Act, sponsored by Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), would provide funding for comprehensive sex education in our nation’s schools and expand access to preventative health care services for women to reduce unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.