An aside....
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vaxjedi"We see contraception and abortion as part of a mind-set that's worrisome in terms of respecting life. If you're trying to build a culture of life, then you have to start from the very beginning oflife, from conception, and you have to include how we think and actwith regard to sexuality and contraception."
There are a number of things I disgree with in this article, but herein lies one of the critical issues. I think the 'culture of life' needs to be looked at. Respecting life means 'quality of life' over 'quantity of life', I'd argue.
Edit: More thoughts as I read on.
What's more, Dr. Trussell added: "There is evidence that there is a contraceptive effect of breast feeding after fertilization. While a woman is breast feeding, the first ovulation is characterized by a short luteal phase, or second half of the cycle. It's thought that because of that, implantation does not occur." In other words, if the emergency contraception pill causes abortions by blocking implantation,then by the same definition breast feeding may as well.
Heh. By the conservative definition, breast feeding is abortion. Remember that at the next prayer meeting ;)
"There are two philosophies of sexuality," Rector told me. "One regards it as primarily physical and all about physical pleasure.Therefore, the idea is to have lots of physical pleasure without acquiring disease or getting pregnant. The other is primarily moral and psychological in nature, and stresses that this is the part of sex that's rewarding and important."
Then there is the view that it is both physical and moral and psychological equally, and that subverting any one for one or more of the others is unhealthy and immoral.
While Americans as a whole don't hold such a dark view of comprehensivesex education, many do feel there's something wrong with a strictlyclinical approach. This ambivalence, according to Sarah Brown of theNational Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, gets to the root of theproblem and may explain the numbers. "One of the things I'm most often asked is why the abortion and unintended pregnancy rates are so muchlower in Europe," she says. "People talk about the easy access to contraception there, but I think it's really a matter of the underlying social norms. In Europe, these things are in the open, and the only issue is to be careful. Here in the U.S., people are still arguing about whether it's O.K. to have sex."
Right fucking on.
There are a number of things I disgree with in this article, but herein lies one of the critical issues. I think the 'culture of life' needs to be looked at. Respecting life means 'quality of life' over 'quantity of life', I'd argue.
Edit: More thoughts as I read on.
What's more, Dr. Trussell added: "There is evidence that there is a contraceptive effect of breast feeding after fertilization. While a woman is breast feeding, the first ovulation is characterized by a short luteal phase, or second half of the cycle. It's thought that because of that, implantation does not occur." In other words, if the emergency contraception pill causes abortions by blocking implantation,then by the same definition breast feeding may as well.
Heh. By the conservative definition, breast feeding is abortion. Remember that at the next prayer meeting ;)
"There are two philosophies of sexuality," Rector told me. "One regards it as primarily physical and all about physical pleasure.Therefore, the idea is to have lots of physical pleasure without acquiring disease or getting pregnant. The other is primarily moral and psychological in nature, and stresses that this is the part of sex that's rewarding and important."
Then there is the view that it is both physical and moral and psychological equally, and that subverting any one for one or more of the others is unhealthy and immoral.
While Americans as a whole don't hold such a dark view of comprehensivesex education, many do feel there's something wrong with a strictlyclinical approach. This ambivalence, according to Sarah Brown of theNational Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, gets to the root of theproblem and may explain the numbers. "One of the things I'm most often asked is why the abortion and unintended pregnancy rates are so muchlower in Europe," she says. "People talk about the easy access to contraception there, but I think it's really a matter of the underlying social norms. In Europe, these things are in the open, and the only issue is to be careful. Here in the U.S., people are still arguing about whether it's O.K. to have sex."
Right fucking on.
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Date: 2006-05-08 09:37 pm (UTC)(a) Discussing sex openly de-mystifies it, and
(b) Stressing that sex carries with it responsibilities (to yourself, your partner, and any children produced) teaches people that Sex Has Consequences - good and bad - and why one might wish to delay having sex.
IME, the most sure-fire way to get a teenager to do something is to tell them "Don't", without explaining why they shouldn't in clear, concrete, self-benefiting terms. ("Because God says so" doesn't work; "Because even the pill isn't 100% effective" does.)