New data show the U.S. teen birth rate increasing for the first time in 14 years and new HIV infections 50 percent higher than originally estimated. Meanwhile, the chief Democratic House appropriator, David Obey (D-WI), fights for an historic $141 million for abstinence-only- until-marriage programs. And, worst of all, he's...

Late last week, the Democratic controlled Labor HHS Appropriations Conference Committee endorsed a record $141 million dollar budget for community-based abstinence-only-until-marriage programs which prohibit information about condoms and birth control.

The record-level increase, pushed by House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-WI), flies in the face of a congressionally mandated...