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guy44 · 05-03-2005, 08:15 PM

Yeah, I agree pan. The important thing to remember, and what most anti-choicers fail to understand, is that abortions are not a problem but a symptom. Poverty, social alienation, schizophrenic societal sex standards, inadequate sex education, poor parental guidance, insufficient contraception distribution, and in this case, a terrible Department of Children and Family Services, are the problem. I probably missed a few; nevertheless, the point remains. Progressive economic policies, sensible societal attitudes towards sex, full sex education, contraception distribution, and improved parental guidance would do far, far more to lower the number of abortions in this country than puritanical rantings or even bans on abortion.

Not to mention that we'd have a better country for it.

EDIT - I don't mean to overly generalize, but I believe that most anti-choicers would rather continue their pointless, sisyphean crusade to ban abortion than accept the above changes, which would do far more to actually lower the number of abortions. Why let sex ed teach our kids to use condoms when we can just banish them from our homes when they get an abortion?

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guy44 Somnabulist Location: corner of No and Where	Yeah, I agree pan. The important thing to remember, and what most anti-choicers fail to understand, is that abortions are not a problem but a symptom. Poverty, social alienation, schizophrenic societal sex standards, inadequate sex education, poor parental guidance, insufficient contraception distribution, and in this case, a terrible Department of Children and Family Services, are the problem. I probably missed a few; nevertheless, the point remains. Progressive economic policies, sensible societal attitudes towards sex, full sex education, contraception distribution, and improved parental guidance would do far, far more to lower the number of abortions in this country than puritanical rantings or even bans on abortion. Not to mention that we'd have a better country for it. EDIT - I don't mean to overly generalize, but I believe that most anti-choicers would rather continue their pointless, sisyphean crusade to ban abortion than accept the above changes, which would do far more to actually lower the number of abortions. Why let sex ed teach our kids to use condoms when we can just banish them from our homes when they get an abortion? __________________ "You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats press one, or say 'goats.'" Last edited by guy44; 05-03-2005 at 08:19 PM..