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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (263799)	12/8/2005 8:56:48 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1574342

"Or maybe it's time to start addressing some deeper issues, instead of pretending that birth control is the end-all-be-all of solutions?" Well yes. But the deeper issues aren't going to be addressed. Take that high school you talked about. Not knowing anything more about it than what you have said, here is the profile. Most of the students come from homes where the parents have, at best, a high school education. The job market there is poor and the graduates have a poor chance of getting much above minimum wage, if they can even find a job. The rate of those students going to college is very low. This is the profile of teenage pregnancies. While it is true that sometimes girls with great prospects in life get pregnant, those numbers pale in comparison with girls who don't have prospects in life. It has little to do with morality, it has everything to do with having a future.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (263799)	12/8/2005 12:39:48 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574342

"Maybe the next step is to make emergency contraception as readily available as aspirin?" That's the answer! I don't know about how it was for YOU, but every normal teenager on earth thinks about sex at least once a minute.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (263799)	12/8/2005 5:43:45 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574342

Maybe the next step is to make emergency contraception as readily available as aspirin? Then abortion? Or maybe it's time to start addressing some deeper issues, instead of pretending that birth control is the end-all-be-all of solutions? What are the deeper issues? Raging hormones? Man was made to start procreating around 12-13, sooner if the food supply is good. Some teens physically mature sooner than other teens. They are dealing with a high level of hormones. They look for outlets. Why not accept what is a biological imperative instead of pretending that its only the 'bad kids' who screw.....and teach proper contraception instead of questionable abstinence?