Increased abstinence has resulted in lower out-of-wedlock birth and pregnancy rates for America's teenagers. Members of Congress should recognize this fact when they reauthorize welfare reform and give abstinence education programs additional federal funding. At present, the federal government spends 10 times as much to promote contraceptive use ($1.1 billon annually) as it does on abstinence education ($102 million annually). It is time for Congress to level the playing field and let the results speak for themselves.