Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Abstinence Does Not Work
Although it is a fine idea, it has been shown time and time again that just teaching abstinence does not reduce the number of teen pregnancies or the incidence of STDs. Sex education and contraception have shown to be much more effective than abstinence. Now we have a vice presidential candidate who is opposed to sex ed. and contraception. What is the result of her stance? A pregnant, unmarried teenage daughter. The anti-choice people are so happy that she chose to have the child. Don't we have enough children who get a second rate upbringing because they have a mother who is still a child herself? Now this teen is making the second mistake by marrying the father. Marriages that occur between teenagers who have a shotgun wedding are not very likely to last or be good for the children. If this girl had had proper sex education and used contraception, she could have waited until she was in a proper emotional, occupational, and marital position to provide a proper home for the child. Teen pregnancy is an epidemic that leaves many children with an unstable, emotionally destructive environment. Gov. Palin should be ashamed of herself for not educating and protecting her child.
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I have found another good blog who has reason as the main theme, sometimes it boggles the mind half of America does not care about the issues, or if the stock market bottoms out they just go blindly forward like sheep to the slaughter.
You are right this choice for McCain's veep is well really pathetic, did you see the interview with Charlie Gibson, it is just laughable really at what is going on here.
And McCain himself voting against veteran's and wanting to privatize social security not to mention the middle-class gets hardly nothing in his tax breaks, I thinking goosh 45% of Americans can't be this stupid?
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