> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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?
You are forgetting that JDG is a dealer in Pope Brand(tm) sex-education, which exposits that any and all birth control are EVIL, just as evil as Abortion. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
