----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31
> At 02:50 PM 3/16/2004 -0800 Deborah Harrell wrote: > >> First, the is no a priori religious connection to > >> abstinence. There are a > >> number of very sound reasons for strongly advising > >> high school students - and younger, to not have sex. > > > >As I have clearly advocated in various posts. But > >there certainly _is_ a connection to *abstinence only* > >programs -- which are the ones I referred to. As I > >clearly stated in my posts. > > But again, there is no a priori reason for it to be so. No, but a posteriori reasons are also valid. I have a general question for you. If you compare the abortion rate in the US with the abortion rate in Europe, you will find that the US has had a higher rate than virtually any country in Western Europe. One significant difference between the US and many countries is the attitude towards birth control. Teenage pregnancies are much more frequent in the US than in Europe, although teenage sex isn't. Since abortion is a great evil, and birth control isn't, isn't it best to teach kids the dangers of having sex early, but tell them how they can greatly decrease the chances of pregnancy with birth control and the chances of STDs with condoms instead of insisting on abstinence only as the only sex education to get Federal money? Wouldn't that at least decrease the number of abortions? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
