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This idiotic all or nothing position so many people seem to be on baffles my mind and leads me to believe its nothing but pure, pathetic, hyper partisan politics as people try to score political points.
The AGI analysis concluded that approximately one-quarter of the decline in teenage pregnancy in the United States between 1988 and 1995 was due to increased abstinence. (The proportion of all teenagers who had ever had sex decreased slightly, but nonsignificantly, during this period, from 53% to 51%.) Approximately three-quarters of the drop resulted from changes in the behavior of sexually experienced teens. (The pregnancy rate among this group had fallen 7%, from 211 per 1,000 to 197.)
Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned
Are you really scared of being honest with your child?
I told my daughter how I lost my virginity, my regrets in regards to it, and my hopes for her life. However, I've also said that if she chooses to have sex (and realistically, that choice is in her hands), that I hope she chooses to use protection (although I've also told her that condoms cannot protect her from several STDs such as HPV and HSV1 & HSV2). I've shared with her the risks, issues, and other problems with having sex in high school (i.e., expect any guy you have sex with to immediately tell all of his friends). But, I don't see sex as evil, so I don't particularly expect her to wait until marriage. Nor do I see "abstinence only" messages as particularly realistic or in-touch with the average teenager's mentality.
I found this earlier today:
hmmmm:
Unmarried childbearing. Even though teen childbearing overall has declined steeply over the last half-century, the proportion of all teen births that are nonmarital has increased equally dramatically, from 13% in 1950 to 79% in 2000 (see chart). Two factors are at play. The first is that marriage in the teen years, which was not uncommon in the 1950s, has by now become quite rare. (By the mid-1990s, the typical age of first marriage in the United States had risen to just over 25 for women and 27 for men.) The second is that this trend has extended to pregnant teens as well: In contrast to the days of the "shotgun marriage," very few teens who become pregnant nowadays marry before their baby is born.
Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned
of course now adays alot more women are saving themselves for marriage
so they give head and take it in the ass
real virginal pffft
Apparently, our parents were just as horny as our kids are.
Four out of every five babies born at Parkland Hospital in Dallas do not have a father listed on the birth certificate.
I would like to know the educational levels of these women. And that still doesn't change that the trend seems to be fewer teens getting pregnant.
Gotta love facts; you are impressing me today if that means anything. LOL
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p.s. my mom got pregnant with me in 1966, went to a home for unwed mothers in Kansas City, and gave me up for adoption.
Apparently, the culture was pretty sexual back in those days.
I know you will mean it when ya thank me....I double dog dare ya
Four out of every five babies born at Parkland Hospital in Dallas do not have a father listed on the birth certificate.
I would like to know the educational levels of these women. And that still doesn't change that the trend seems to be fewer teens getting pregnant.
This is a valid question and I believe plays a significant role in unwed/unwanted pregnancies.
But lest we wander way off the topic, it certainly has NOTHING to do with Bush and his message of "abstinence" does it?
This is a valid question and I believe plays a significant role in unwed/unwanted pregnancies.
But lest we wander way off the topic, it certainly has NOTHING to do with Bush and his message of "abstinence" does it?
I think having a either or stance on this subject is just silly and when Bush talks about abstinence only education he is lying threw his teeth and merely pandering to an extreme minority for votes.
I found this earlier today:
I think having a either or stance on this subject is just silly and when Bush talks about abstinence only education he is lying threw his teeth and merely pandering to an extreme minority for votes.
When did Bush argue for an "abstinence ONLY" education? Do you have a link or some substance on this one?
Which kind of backs up what I'm saying. The different forms of information appeals to different people.
When did Bush argue for an "abstinence ONLY" education? Do you have a link or some substance on this one?
Just from a quick google:
President Bush has consistently supported the view that sex education should teach “abstinence only” and not include information on other ways to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy.[1] White House Spokesperson Ari Fleischer has asserted that “abstinence is more than sound science, it’s a sound practice . . . . [A]bstinence has a proven track record of working.”[2]
In pushing an “abstinence only” agenda, however, the Bush Administration has consistently distorted the scientific evidence about what works in sex education. Administration officials have never acknowledged that abstinence-only programs have not been proven to reduce sexual activity, teen pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.[3] Instead, HHS has changed performance measures for abstinence-only education to make the programs appear successful, censored information on effective sex education programs, and appointed to a key panel an abstinence-only proponent with dubious credentials.
Politics & Science - Investigating the State of Science Under the Bush Administration
Give a teenage girl a baby for a week or so to take care of. Also make them wear a fat suit complete with stretch marks, saggy boobs, and milk squirting out at random times.
Problem solved.
Which kind of backs up what I'm saying. The different forms of information appeals to different people.
My, personal...PERSONAL mind you...view in regards to sex education. Its not to have teenagers not have sex. That's not the GOAL in my mind.
The GOAL is to not have people getting pregnant when they are not in a position to take care of a kid or get STD's. I think getting kids to not have sex while they're still immature teenagers is a good thing in most cases, but I think its secondary to the main goal above. Notice however I said people not just teens...sex education isn't JUST about them while they're teens.
For some kids, that goal will best be reached by teaching them the fact that abstinence is the only sure fire way not to have either of those things happen. To teach them, truthfully and honestly rather than focusing on only the most extreme cases trumped up hugely, the consequences that sex can cause at their age and later in life.
For other kids, that goal will best be reached by teaching them how to have protected sex and the proper ways of doing so while dispelling some of the myths about other forms of "safe" sex (like pulling out, or doing it right before/after a period, etc).
I think by focusing just on ONE or the OTHER you're going to end up missing out on kids that you could've previously succeeded with in regards to the goal I stated above. To me, doing that because of POLITICS is a low, low act.
How bout just teaching every single child that abstinance works best, but if you decide to have sex, this is what you do, and these are the consequences. There's no need to segregate.
And, BTW, how does an educator decide who should sit in what class???
Are you serious? LOL
THAT is a sad story. :shock:
It begs for more information now; did you ever get to meet your mom? Did you resent her? If when you found her, have you reconciled your issues with her giving you up and did she try to explain the reasons for what she did?
Four out of every five babies born at Parkland Hospital in Dallas do not have a father listed on the birth certificate.
The problem is far more involved than just when people get married.
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