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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
all we can ask is that people try to be smart and take precautions. not all of them do though... which is why we need to be teaching sex ed. there shouldn't be people out there who aren't educated about the risks of sex (std's and pregnancy). we as a society should be teaching safe sex, but not everyone gets it. but the ability to have an abortion needs to be an option for when an unwanted preganancy does occur.
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You're preaching to the choir, man. For the record, I am not a proponent of abstinence-till-marriage (or I would be a hypocrite
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