Many educators are “making condoms available to students upon request” (“Abstinence Only”). Teachers argue that giving the teen some sort of safety net to prevent the problem of teen pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases will ultimately help the teen have a successful life. Researchers show that “the percentage of the 20 million sexually transmitted diseases contracted each year by people between the ages of 15 and 24” has risen to nearly fifty percent. This startling number has led many officials to take a course of action to lower it. The government continued to “allocate funds for abstinence-only programs” (“Abstinence Only”). In recent years, President Obama has become increasingly aware of these problems, so he supports the abstinence-plus program