Wow! What a turnaround. Guess it just takes some longer to see the obvious. Now if they can only get the Vatican to go along, we might finally be able to also do something about the overpopulation problems of the world.
The pro-life case for contraception
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who don’t like abortion but also don’t like the idea of banning it, good news is on the way. In the last three weeks, two bills have been filed in the House of Representatives. Without banning a single procedure, they aim to significantly lower the rate of abortions performed in this country. Voluntary reduction, not criminalization or moral silence, is the new approach.
How do you stop abortions without restricting them? One way is to persuade women to complete their pregnancies instead of terminating them. The other is to prevent unintended pregnancies in the first place. And there’s the rub—or, in this case, the rubber. The two House bills used to be one proposal, backed by an alliance of pro-life lawmakers and organizations. The alliance split because one faction wanted to fund contraception and the other didn’t.
In short, the good news is that we no longer have to fight about abortion. The bad news is that we’re now fighting about contraception. The old question was abortion as birth control. The new question is abortion or birth control. To lower the abortion rate, we need more contraception. And that means confronting politicians who stand in the way.
“You’re either for reducing the number [of pregnancies/abortions], or you’re not,”
I recently served on a committee to design and implement a reproductive health curriculum in my school district, and we had to deal with a local resident from the “abstinence-only” (no contraception) camp. She was an intelligent and articulate foe, but she had an unwinnable argument which was not supported by the vast majority of the community. Folks like her need to seriously reconsider their motives (usually evangelism) and recognize that they cannot force their religious belief systems on us. Believe it or not, we are no longer living in the 16th century.
But every sperm is sacred, my holy warriors have fallen to heathen ways!!!
So…………………..I take it all you fathers will be taking your daughters to the doctor to get their contraception pills? What a loving talk you two can have on the way.
Ya know, the argument always talks about young people. What about adults? Do I have to abstain from having sex when I’m not married at age 45? Does my father inlaw who is divorced at age 65 need to abstain now?
Sorry, but when the abortion argument and contraception arguments arise, I’m always thinking about adults. Not kids.
I as an adult married man would like my wife to have the options of the morning after pill, harmone pills, etc. Soon we’ll have an pill for guys too.
P.S. No problem with giving these options to kids at age 11 (women) too.
“What a loving talk you two can have on the way.” — A delightful illustration of the fact that Xhristian fools still prefer to Order their children how to Obey. Perish the thought they (the children) should make decisions on living based on an educated understanding of life.
The bills in Kongress simply illustrate that the reality of vote-getting in the modern world gets in the way of ruling this land with a Dark Ages mentality. Once in a while.
#3. If you can’t talk to your daughters about sex, abortion and contraception you DON’T love your daughter enough. Find the courage to love your daughter before someone else has the courage to knock her, and leave her. Don’t wait for that moment to start talking about home-made hanger abortions because you don’t want to be ostracized by your church.
“Now if they can only get the Vatican to go along, we might finally be able to also do something about the overpopulation problems of the world.”
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Ha. Fat chance. If only religion could be removed from the equation.
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Oop’s forgot…
Very good point #6!
The best contraception:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1994546325179027565
#9. Milo, I’ve had anal sex with several women (never men) and by experience I can tell you that it is not the same, or even comes close, to vaginal sex. The vagina is magic. The anus is tragic.
Not enough action on the blog lately?
Go with what works I guess.
addiv…next time try this.
This country needs new citizens to continue to exist. Birth control and abortion are literally killing our future.
#14. Over population is killing our future. Let’s say you have a company and need to hire 10 people but 100,000 apply. You think you might be able to get 10 out of those 100,000 to work for a slave wage?
On 3, I had rather take my daughter to pick up birth control, than walk her down the aisle to marry some Abercrombie & Fitch catalog type, who’s primary skill is sperm motility.
I’m mostly with 16. When people make statements like #3 did, I think it’s completely ridiculous. No, I would not take my daughter to buy pills when she becomes of age, but I can at least make sure she understands the risks of sex and that she has the sense to make the guy use a condom if that’s the choice she’s going to make.
Neither pretending our children are going to listen to us just telling them not to have sex nor keeping them naive and hoping for the best is going to do them (or us) any good. All we can do is educate them and point them at the right choices.
What happened to my post? That schools are forcing their religion on people who want abstinence-only education.
#18: I was wondering why it was blank, too. Either you accidentally cleared it before sending, or the system glitched. Either way, it wasn’t deliberate.
Too #14 you are a complete idiot. You live in a cave and dont know about over population ? if there is too many people not enuff food water what will your future be ?
I think we should steralize all the stupid people like you that would help population growth and also remove some stupid genes from the gene pool.
I laugh everytime conversations like this come up – the primary instigator of sexual hangups and mores is always the Vatican. Oh Brother (hehe). Look at the heavily populated portions of the planet – they are not Christian nations. China and India alone account for over 1/3rd of the planet.
Population growth drives economic growth. The populations of North America and Europe have been flat for the past 30 years or so. And guess what we’re experiencing? I know it’s not a 1-1 correlation but it is stands out nevertheless.
#22, I agree with you. You shouldn’t need religious convictions to understand your points; its more slap the forehead obvious, isn’t it? Except for those leftist anti-religious types here, their agenda is persuing the culture of death.
One of the best solutions would be an effective and available MALE contraceptive.
We let 16 year old’s drive cars on our roads. We let 18 year olds join the services. But we are too scared to give teenagers the education and tools to prevent pregnancies. We know they are gonna to have raging hormones. But we pretend that it will never happen.
That is like giving your teenager the car keys without any driver education. Instead we just hope that they will always do the right thing and not crash.
As mentioned before, concenting adults could go a long way towards preventing unwanted pregnency by giving men effective options too.
Then we could reduce the issue of abortion to a rare and legal medical issue that is mostly used for cases were a woman got pregant by means beyond her control, such as rape, incest, etc.
I not only took my daughters to planned parenthood but i also took their boyfriends. they are in there late twenties now, married to those boys. I just became a grandparent.
#25 touche….
You are right. A guy claiming to be on birth control is about as effective as a guy promising to pull out in time. Abortion is a terrible backup plan incase a man lies in order to have sex.
#3 – So…………………..I take it all you fathers will be taking your daughters to the doctor to get their contraception pills? What a loving talk you two can have on the way.
Comment by Higghawker — 10/2/2006 @ 5:04 am
Why yes, your smugness, I would have a lovely chat with my daughter on the way to the doctor to get a scrip for birth control pills.
Sex as a teenager can be a big mistake, but generally without too much long term damage.
Children are permanant. And no matter what niave happy talk you and your sulfur spewing brethren blather, children had by teens are unwanted and unnecassary, and always a mistake.
You get to choose… Can I take my daughter to the doctor for contraception, or do you prefer I take her to the abortion clinic…?? Because my daughter is not going to college with a child in tow and not going to college is not an option.