Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Father Terrence who wrote (13469)	11/2/1997 11:53:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Terrence, I CAN see the forest through the trees!! I think we have a lot of differences on several issues, but I have no problem with arguing issues where everyone disagrees. However, lately some of your opinions have seemed very off the cuff to me, with nothing factual or logical at all to support them. Of course, you are welcome to express all your feelings here. Obviously if you hope to influence the way others think you need to be persuasive as well, however, and to me that is more convincing if you offer some evidence. Still, I am very happy that you made money last week, and I hope you are over your flu bug! Here is an article on the positive effects of sex education in California, incidentally, from today's newspaper, which I am citing because you were arguing that sex education is negative: Teen Birth Takes Biggest Drop in 25 Years Associated Press California's teenage birth rate dropped by the largest single-year margin in 25 years, falling among all ethnic groups around the state last year. The birth rate for mothers ages 15 to 19 fell 9 percent between 1995 and 19967, marking the fifth year of declines, the Department of Health Services announced Friday. The teenagers gave birth at the rate of 58 babies for every 1,000 girls, down from 64.4 in 1995. The decrease was twice the national drop of 4 percent. Still, Health Department experts said California continues to have the nation's highest teenage birth rate. "Despite the good news, we must not be complacent," said Sandra Smoley, Gov. Wilson's health and welfare secretary. There were 63,118 births, down from 66,644 in 1995 and more than 70,000 in 1991. The birth rate fell 11.8 percent among whites, 11.7 percent among blacks, 11.4 percent among Asians and 7 percent among Hispanics. Among girls ages 15 to 19, there were drops in birth rates in 46 counties. There was an increase of less than 1 percent in Imperial County. The numbers reflect significant increases in state funding for education and contraception programs aimed at combating teenage pregnancies, family planning advocates said. This year, the state set aside $81 million for a program to increase teenagers' access to family planning and counselling. "We're doing a lot of things to discourage teenage pregnancies, and they are paying off," Smoley said. "We're seeing the return on that investment," said Katherine Kneer, a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood, a recipient of state family planning grants. "Threre is a correlation between access to contraception and teen pregnancies. It really is important to educate them. I feel like for the first time we really have adequate resources." Emily Lloyd, executive director of El Nido Family Centers in Los Angeles, cited the impact of government-funded AIDS prevention programs aimed at youths. "More off the teens are using condoms," she said. "There is more of a commitment to pregnancy prevention on the state's part. "Hopefully, it will be maintained," Lloyd said. "Programs that last two or there years aren't going to do it. As we've seen with smoking, it almost takes a generation."