Incoherent Rant on .... Abstinence Education

[kybearfuzz]

Sorry for the multiple entries tonight, but I just saw this on Yahoo News. What a complete waste of money! It's no wonder why we are stuck in one of the highest defecits in history.

Bush wants to spend over a hundred million dollars to try to convince teenagers to not have sex until marriage. Not one dollar for birth control apparently, which not only stops pregnancy, but STD's. It galls me that he and other ultra conservative idiots live in a fantasy world where they believe that teenagers wont have sex because they are told that abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy or worse. It amazes me that he and others don't see the potential damage they are doing. I'm not saying they shouldn't teach abstinence, but they should realize that most people, including Bush I would guess, did NOT wait until marriage to do the dirty deed. I'd rather have a kid having sex with a condom than to have him or her a parent at 15 because they didn't know about them.

And now back to your regularly scheduled program.

Comments

[bookish-cub.livejournal.com]

I've never understood that school of thought, either. Sure, teenagers should probably wait before they start having sex, but just ignoring the fact that they are out there doing it is just plain irresponsible.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Sigh.. I know.. I would love to think that my nephew, for example, would wait, but I know that I there is a very good chance that he will not. I want him to be informed. Luckily my sister is pretty progressive in that department and will have "the chat" with him when the time is right.