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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Planned Parenthood
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 10:22:12 EDT
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> >                 I was told that it is standard  
> > practice to be SURE that women who become pregnant
> > accidentally know how not to do it again.
> 
> If I cross the street with my eyes closed, was my
> death accidental? Why are the only options being 
> considered are pregnancy and contaception? If the
> girl (and anybody who shows this lack of planning
> ahead qualifies) didn't want to get pregnant, why 
> did she have sex?
>                             -anonymous

 
Because it is the natural thing to do.  Why do you eat? Why do you sleep?
Why do you get together with friends?  Because these are both natural
and pleasurable activities.  Some people don't have many friends-that's
up to them.  Other people have many friends.  Should somebody regulate
who has how many friends with whom?
Sex is different than mere friendship because it is a much more powerful
bond and also involves the very great responsibility of bringing another
human being into the world.  Sex itself is not wrong if these two things
are respected.  But when somebody engages in sex without being able
to care for a possible child then they are being grossly irresponsible.
The irony is that it is many "Christians" who are actually irresponsible
in this regard.  I have read studies which indicate that religiosity
and fundamental religious beliefs are not correlated with either premarital
or extramarital sexual activity. (So much for your Christian backing of
morality, Paul!)  It has been my personal experience (which is hardly
a scientific or representative sample but all I have in this regard)
that fundamentalist women refuse to take birth control pills or other
contraceptive measures because that would be "planning for sex" and
therefore wrong.  But when it so happens that they get swept up in
the passion of the moment they wind up engaging in sex anyway- with
the strong possibility of getting pregnant.  For those that do get
pregnant (and I have known some cases of this happening) they then
face the choice of having a child they are in no way ready 
to care for or else have an abortion.
I think this is incredibly irresponsible.
       tyim sevener whuxl!orb


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